The Cardinal

A Cleveland sewer crew found an 18-inch alligator in a creek on Thursday. The gator was nearly frozen, but has since been revived. New rules and fees for registering exotic animals just went into effect on Monday, so officials believe someone may have dumped the alligator to avoid fees. The alligator is in a rehab [...]

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Cook County Sheriff’s Police removed a four-foot alligator from the home of a Ford Heights man who kept the reptile as a pet (Cook County Sheriff’s Video). Dewayne Yarbrough, 43, of the 800 block of East 11th Place has been charged with possession of a dangerous animal. Investigators with the Cook County Sheriff’s Office Animal [...]

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This cat has shows no fear of an alligator. A cat pounces at an alligator, and the alligator retreats to the water. A second alligator arrives for backup, and the cat pounces again. “The cat keeps the alligators at bay.” The video was recorded by a Canadian who was visiting a Louisiana alligator tourist destination [...]

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Buffalo Grove Police Department photo of alligator captured near Pinehurst Lane and Fox Hill Drive. Buffalo Grove police responded about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday — amid storm damage reports and downed trees and powerlines — to a report of an alligator or crocodile in the front yard of a home in the 600 block of Pinehurst [...]

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A Massachusetts woman caught a 13-foot 1,025-pound alligator during a hunt in South Carolina this week. Maryellen Mara-Christian, 46, is an experienced hunter, but this was her first gator. In an exclusive interview on CBS “The Early Show on Saturday Morning,” Maryellen Mara-Christian explained that she was out on a boat on Lake Moultrie with [...]

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