400-Pound Alligator Found In Back Yard
Family Dog Finds Alligator
POSTED: Monday, May 22, 2006
UPDATED: 4:53 pm CDT May 22,
2006
HOUSTON -- A Missouri City family found a 400-pound alligator in their back yard Monday, KPRC Local 2 reported.
The alligator crawled under a fence the homeowners put up to keep wildlife out of their back yard on Cicada Drive near Peninsulas Drive.
The family's dog found the alligator around 7 a.m. The alligator then lunged at the dog.
Neighbors snapped photos of the 10-foot-long reptile as a game warden roped and wrestled it into a cage.
Officials said that the alligator might have been looking for a mate because it is breeding season.
The alligator will be destroyed because it could pose a danger to people.
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