Stolen alligator returned to Texas zoo after 20 years

An 8-foot alligator who was believed to have been taken from a Texas zoo as an egg or hatchling 20 years ago and kept as a pet was found and returned to the zoo.

An 8-foot alligator believed to have been taken from a Texas zoo two decades ago and kept as a pet was recently returned to the zoo, officials said last week.

The alligator was brought back to the Animal World & Snake Farm Zoo in New Braunfels on Friday, the zoo and the Texas Game Wardens said.

It was found after a game warden was investigating possible hunting without landowner’s permission on an adjacent property in rural Caldwell County, Game Wardens spokesperson Jen Shugert said.

“She was doing her due diligence, asking neighbors if they had seen or heard anything in the area, and that is when she stumbled upon the alligator,” Shugert said.

The zoo said in a video posted Friday that it's believed the alligator was stolen when it was an egg or a hatchling by a person who had been a zoo volunteer decades ago, the zoo said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/stolen-alligator-returned-texas-zoo-20-years-rcna73693


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