Exotic Incident #2338
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Lakeland, FL - USA
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Incident Date:
16/03/2016
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Summary:
A woman named Mary Thorn successfully fought to keep her 6-foot-long pet alligator after a change to state regulations made the conditions she kept him in illegal. The 125-pound Rambo wears clothes, rides on the back of a motorcycle, and has a bedroom in her home. As a condition for keeping Rambo, Thorn can no longer take him to schools and charity events to teach people about reptiles.