Pa. Police Capture Alligator With Snare
Posted on: Friday, 8 August 2003, 06:00 CDT
Taking a cue from a Discovery Channel show, police captured a 4-foot-long alligator in a residential yard by using a dog snare and a shirt.
Officer Richard Grande threw a shirt over the gator's head after another officer used a dog snare - a long pole used to keep animals at a safe distance - to restrain it.
Sgt. John Snyder and Officer Doug Yuhouse taped the alligator's mouth shut and took the reptile to animal control.
"They watched that on Discovery's 'Croc Files,'" Lt. Todd Ruggiero said.
Animal control officer Paul McIntyre says the retile captured Tuesday in the Pittsburgh suburb is an American alligator about 6 or 7 years old.
"People buy them as pets and let them go once they get too big. They shouldn't even be buying pets like this," McIntyre said.
Police were trying to find out who owned the animal. Ruggiero said the owner could be cited under exotic reptile ordinances.
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