Alligators found north of the Mason-Dixie!

A headline saying an Alligator had been caught in Chicago captured my attention a few minutes ago:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100824/ap_ ... n_gators_2

It's very sad when people abandon a pet to fend for itself. Being thrown out into the wild after growing up in a home must be hard for the poor things. I'm not sure why anyone would want a gator for a pet anyway, but I hate to see any pet abandoned like that.

Yeah, it's sad when pets are abandoned, even if they are alligators. Can't imagine why anyone would want one as a pet either, unless it's because it's just not "the normal type of pet", or something.