Watch West Michigan officers catch small alligator near street

KALAMAZOO, MI — Kalamazoo Public Security officers clearly had some enjoyable with this one.

After a sergeant stumbled on a small alligator crawling throughout a avenue Tuesday night, officers quickly after used a catch-pole to corral the critter.

On Wednesday, Aug. 24, police penned a humorous Fb account of the encounter and posted physique digicam video of the seize.

Within the video, an officer could be heard saying “I’ve at all times wished to carry a wild alligator.”

One other officer quips “It’s not wild.”

The officer finally dons some latex gloves and picks up the animal, which already has it’s mouth taped shut.

“Poor little man, he’s chilly,” she mentioned.

Consultants say the officer who talked in regards to the alligator not being wild was virtually definitely right.

David Critchlow with Critchlow Alligator Sanctuary in Athens, Michigan, mentioned folks get small alligators for pets, then one thing adjustments the place they now not need it.

“They’re transferring, it will get too large, the household dynamics change,” Critchlow mentioned, describing just a few on many causes.

In some instances, folks merely let the animals go free to fend for themselves.

Critchlow Alligator Sanctuary takes in alligators caught by county animal management departments. In addition they will take an alligator that somebody desires to surrender, however for a charge.

The sanctuary took possession of the alligator discovered Tuesday in Kalamazoo.

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