Look: Police wrangle alligator on Florida resident's front porch

Ben Hooper

August 22, 2024 at 3:55 p.m.

Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Police in Florida put their reptile wrangling skills to the test when a 6-foot alligator was found trespassing on a resident's front porch.

The Edgewater Police Department said officers worked together with Edgewater Animal Control to capture the alligator found on the porch of a Florida Shores home.

"Add 'alligator wrangler' to the list," the department said in a Facebook post.

The alligator was not harmed and was turned over to a Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission trapper.

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