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Border Patrol Finds Alligator in Luggage
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YUMA, Arizona (Dec. 11) – U.S. Border Patrol agents found a 4-foot cayman alligator stashed in the luggage of a man en route to Phoenix, according to the agency and the Arizona Game and Fish Department.The agents found the alligator during a routine checkpoint search on a Yuma highway Thursday night, said agency spokesman Lloyd Easterling.
Easterling said a drug-sniffing dog became alert near the man’s car. Inside, agents found 13 grams of marijuana. Then agents asked the man, whose name was not released, if he had anything else inside the car they should know about.
"The guy says, ‘There’s an alligator in there,"’ Easterling said. "He says, ‘He’s in the suitcase there.’ And when (the agent) opened the suitcase, sure enough, there was a cayman in there."
Rebecca Wright, law enforcement program manager for the Arizona Game and Fish Department in Yuma, took the reptile back to her office to await shipment to a Phoenix animal refuge.
"When I took him to my office, he was pretty saucy," Wright said. "He was interested in not being in the pet porter anymore, and I was very interested in keeping him in there."
The man was cited for possessing restricted wildlife and was taken into custody by the Arizona Department of Public Safety in connection with the marijuana. Possessing restricted wildlife carries penalties of up to four months in jail and up to $750 in fines, Wright said.
She said the man was taking the alligator from somewhere in California to deliver to another person in Phoenix.
While Easterling said agents often find exotic pets at the checkpoint, they have not come across many alligators.
The alligator was being evaluated by the Phoenix Herpetological Society, a nonprofit reptile sanctuary, and likely will end up in a zoo or wildlife park, Wright said.
"He was a very healthy and beautiful animal," Wright said. "He will be given meals of chicken with vitamins sprinkled on top."
oh boy, 10.000 holes in blackburn lancashire
clearly nothing good comes from watching too many episodes of miami vice.
I am not sure I can see why anyone would want an alligator as a pet. I don´t suppose they´re very cuddly. And to stuff him in a suitcase, that´s just wrong. Chicken with vitamin sprinkled on top !
Do you think he´d make friends with godzilla ? If so, you could always offer to adopt him, it´s gotta be better than a zoo.i want one for a pet..i’d need a big yard for him though..and probably a moat or something for him to swim in
"im lisa " wrote:and probably a moat or something for him to swim in
I can see the charm of having an alligator in a moat, especially if you get yourself a wicked drawbridge.I still think you would look good with one of these though.
[img]http://www.tennessus.com/tennessus-drawbridge.jpg[/img]
have you heard about the woman which put her kid into a microwave?
theres also this guy, his daughter had a fever and he put her in the freeze, his wife came home trying to cook something looked in in and she was there!
"im lisa " wrote:i dont know…the building and zoning laws are pretty harsh around here :-
there´s something wrong with society when a girl can´t have a proper drawbridge.Hey I know that song!
Shouldn’t the thread continue reading something like:
About a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well, I just had to laugh
I saw the photograph
He blew his mind out in a car
He didn’t notice that the lights had changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
They’d seen his face before
Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of LordsI saw a film today oh, boy
The English army had just won the war
A crowd of people turned away
But I just had to look
Having read the book
I love to turn you on.Woke up, got out of bed
dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
and looking up, I noticed I was late
Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke
Somebody spoke and I went into a dream
AhI read the news today oh, boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall
I’d love to turn you on.Love that song.
"tonas " wrote:AhLennon`s ahhh`s in that song are haunting,it`s like he`s watching the news in 1967 and being pissed about everything goin on.Sorta like Bob Mould`s screaming in Eight Miles High.It must be a Libra thing
and come to think of it PJ Harvey gets alot out of ahhh`s too
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