Breaking: The Gator In Chicago Caught!

[Kathianne]

This has been 'big news' back home for a week. Everyone was going to the park to see if they could see the gator that shouldn't have been there.

https://abc7chicago.com/pets-animals...UZktA5-7aZJwqU

Humboldt Park alligator finally caught after a week of evading trappers

Updated 10 minutes ago
CHICAGO (WLS) -- After more than a week of evading trappers, the elusive alligator in the Humbolt Park Lagoon, named Chance the Snapper by fans, has finally been caught!


CPD Spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said the gator was caught sometime overnight. Police will hold a press conference at 10 a.m. to give further details.


Monday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot ordered authorities to close off the area near the lagoon as part of their efforts to catch the alligator.


Monday, officers turned away park goers and stopped all through traffic on the east side of Humboldt Park and city crews put up miles of fencing to keep people out.


"We just had to walk around the whole park just so they could catch the alligator," said walker Myeisha Green. "They've been trying to catch him all week. It's just ridiculous."


Green and her son are keeping their fingers crossed that a new trapper will catch the non-native creature that's been lurking in the lagoon for at least a week, likely illegally dumped by its owner. The city called in some "gator aid" from Florida, hiring Frank Robb out of St. Augustine, who's already deep in the hunt for the five footer, now nicknamed "Chance the Snapper."

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[STTAB]

This is an epidemic, pythons that have been turned loose have almost destroyed parts of Florida's natural ecosystem.

I am not a big fan of more federal laws, but god damned this is getting dangerous and out of hand, people who are up in arms about fucking pitbulls are nowhere to be seen when it comes to people releasing full grown wild animals that they can no longer control as pets.