(WHDH) — A 25-year-old alligator is retiring to an animal sanctuary after police found it penned in the basement of a home in Ohio last week.
Officers responding to a report of an American alligator that was being illegally housed at a home in Groveport learned the homeowners did not possess a valid exotic animal permit as required by law, according to the Madison Township Police Department.
The homeowners voluntarily surrendered the animal, police said.
“Our 25-year-old scaly friend is retiring to an animal sanctuary in sunny Myrtle Beach, SC,” the department said in a Facebook post. “See ya later, alligator!”
Photos from the scene showed state wildlife officials carefully wrangling the reptile.
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