Lina Kelly, director of Michigan’s Critchlow Alligator Sanctuary, told WILX-TV that alligators aren’t subject to “harsh” Michigan weather conditions and if it’s not caught by October the “poor animal will just die.”Kelly also said that there were not many alligators in Michigan, even though owning an alligator as a pet is legal.“If you have an alligator as a pet, there are places that you can take it to rather than just dumping it off into a local lake and pond and making it someone else’s problem,” Kelly said.The alligator wasn’t the first big reptile spotted in Michigan this year. Officers with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office discovered an alligator in a man’s car after a police chase last month, WZZM-TV reported
On its Facebook page, the sheriff’s office joked that the alligator was not facing charges despite trying to leave the scene.Related...Man Killed By 11-Foot Alligator At South Carolina Pond1 Dead After Crash Into Miami Pond Teeming With AlligatorsWATCH: 12-Foot Alligator Chows Down On Florida Photographer’s CameraRelated...'One Tree Hill' Star Bevin Prince's Husband Dies After Being Struck By LightningBasketball Star Ava Jones Hospitalized, Dad Killed After Car Hits Them On SidewalkSurvey Finds Congress’s Talent Pipeline Flush With Wealthy Students From Elite Schools
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