BROOKLYN, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) were called to pick up a small alligator from a Brooklyn home.
The resident contacted the DEC on March 5 to report a friend had dropped off the alligator in February and never came back to pick it up.
The NYS DEC and the NYPD Animal Cruelty Investigation Square arrived to the home to retrieve the alligator. The alligator was then transferred to a certified herpetologist in Massachusetts.
It is illegal in New York state to possess alligators with out the proper permit.
