Self-proclaimed owner Tony Cavallaro said he treated his pet alligator Albert 'than most people take care of their kids.'
A 750-pound, 11-foot-long alligator named Albert was seized from a New York home this week, setting the stage for a confrontation between the state's Department of Environmental Conservation and the animal's self-proclaimed owner. The alligator lived in an in-ground pool in the backyard of owner Tony Cavallaro's Hamburg, New York home, and has multiple health problems, including blindness in both eyes and spinal complications, officials said.
Cavallaro refuted claims that he had not properly cared for the animal, writing in an online petition calling for Albert's return that he treated the alligator better 'than most people take care of their kids.' He also criticized the department for the way the seizure was managed, writing that 20 agents came to his home in full body armor and carrying weapons. 'It was like I was a gun dealing drug dealing criminal the way they acted.
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