New York man ends his fight to reclaim Albert, his 12-foot alligator seized in 2024

New York man ends his fight to reclaim Albert, his 12-foot alligator seized in 2024

FILE – In this photo provided by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, officers secure an 11-foot alligator for transport, March 13, 2024, Hamburg, N.Y. | (New York DEC via AP, File) NEW YORK (AP) – An upstate New York man who had his alligator seized after sharing a home for more than three decades has given up his court fight to get back the reptile he affectionately named Albert. Tony Cavallaro sued the state Department of En…

New York man gives up fight to reclaim his pet alligator of 34 years

Tony Cavallaro is a lifelong reptile lover who’s cared for caimans, lizards, and at one time a monitor. In 1990, Tony went to a reptile show in Ohio and met then two-month-old Albert the alligator. Since then, the two have been family. Tony had a $120,000 addition built on his house to give Albert heated floors, a filtering indoor pond with waterfall and spa jet, tropical plants, and plentiful pillows and stuffed toys for Albert to snuggle with.…