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Police in London, Ont., discover two alligators during search of home
THE CANADIAN PRESS
22/04/2009
LONDON, Ont. - Police executing a search warrant at a home in London, Ont., got a shock Wednesday when they discovered a pair of alligators.
Judy Foster of the London Humane Society says one of the American alligators measures nearly two metres in length, while the other is a little more than 50 centimetres long.
"The adult male American alligator can grow to a length of almost 4.5 metres," Foster said. "We know that they can move slowly, but they certainly have the ability to lunge, and the agents were able to see that first hand."
The humane society is not to equipped to remove or house alligators, so an expert was called in from southern Ontario to handle the delicate job, Foster said.
The alligators, along with a monitor lizard, an iguana and a tortoise, were all removed from the home after a veterinarian determined the animals were in distress.
Foster said it was obvious the conditions the animals were kept in were inadequate.
"You can't give the same space to a Great Dane that you do for a chihuahua," she said. "Likewise an alligator and a tortoise."
London police also located a small amount of marijuana and a martial-arts weapon known as nunchuks in the home.
Raymond Scott, 39, and Irving Stelmacovitch, 34, both of London, Ont., are charged with possession of marijuana and possession of a prohibited weapon.
Charges have not yet been laid in relation to the animals.
Police in London, Ont., discover two alligators during search of home
THE CANADIAN PRESS
22/04/2009
LONDON, Ont. - Police executing a search warrant at a home in London, Ont., got a shock Wednesday when they discovered a pair of alligators.
Judy Foster of the London Humane Society says one of the American alligators measures nearly two metres in length, while the other is a little more than 50 centimetres long.
"The adult male American alligator can grow to a length of almost 4.5 metres," Foster said. "We know that they can move slowly, but they certainly have the ability to lunge, and the agents were able to see that first hand."
The humane society is not to equipped to remove or house alligators, so an expert was called in from southern Ontario to handle the delicate job, Foster said.
The alligators, along with a monitor lizard, an iguana and a tortoise, were all removed from the home after a veterinarian determined the animals were in distress.
Foster said it was obvious the conditions the animals were kept in were inadequate.
"You can't give the same space to a Great Dane that you do for a chihuahua," she said. "Likewise an alligator and a tortoise."
London police also located a small amount of marijuana and a martial-arts weapon known as nunchuks in the home.
Raymond Scott, 39, and Irving Stelmacovitch, 34, both of London, Ont., are charged with possession of marijuana and possession of a prohibited weapon.
Charges have not yet been laid in relation to the animals.
