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June 23, 2008

Alligator found, rescued on Cape Cod

HYANNIS, Mass. — See you later, alligator.

Residents of a Cape Cod neighborhood are saying goodbye to an unwanted guest after a 3-foot alligator turned up beneath a parked car in Hyannis.

Barnstable Natural Resource Officer Thomas Murray used a pole with a noose to remove the alligator Sunday afternoon, then placed the 60-pound reptile into a large plastic carrier.

The alligator was being picked up today by staff from New England Reptile and Raptor Rehabilitation in Taunton.

Murray said he thought the reptile might have been an escaped pet, though it’s illegal under Massachusetts law to own an alligator.

-- The Associated Press

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