I'm just posting this so I can come back to it in 6 months when the gator bites her face off.
Woman Fights to Keep Her 'Trained' Pet Alligator
Meet Rambo, a gentle alligator whose Florida owner says he "eats at the dinner table, sleeps in my bed and follows me around like my dogs."
But now his owner, 55-year-old Mary Thorn, is fighting to keep him since she was recently denied a permit for the 125-pound gator.
Thorn told ABC News today that she's had a permit to keep the 15-year-old alligator ever since she rescued and brought him home more than seven years ago, when Rambo was just a little over a foot long.
However, the gator has since grown to be over 6 feet long, and a recently added condition for a permit says that gators over 6 feet need to be kept on a property with at least 2.5 acres of land, according to Florida Fish and Wildlife (FWC) spokesman Gary Morse.
"This is a very complex case, especially since she acquired the gator before some changes in permit conditions," Morse told ABC News today. He explained that Thorn had reapplied for a permit earlier this year and was originally denied -- but a number of issues have since been raised, so the case is now in the process of being reviewed.
Meanwhile, Thorn still has Rambo and is rallying community support for the gator she calls her "second son."
She explained that Rambo is a local celebrity and has been the star of small shows Thorn has put on for a few charities and organizations in her area. The "trained" gator has been photographed "riding an ATV" and along with her on her motorcycle, she said.
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Woman Fights to Keep Her 'Trained' Pet Alligator
Meet Rambo, a gentle alligator whose Florida owner says he "eats at the dinner table, sleeps in my bed and follows me around like my dogs."
But now his owner, 55-year-old Mary Thorn, is fighting to keep him since she was recently denied a permit for the 125-pound gator.
Thorn told ABC News today that she's had a permit to keep the 15-year-old alligator ever since she rescued and brought him home more than seven years ago, when Rambo was just a little over a foot long.
However, the gator has since grown to be over 6 feet long, and a recently added condition for a permit says that gators over 6 feet need to be kept on a property with at least 2.5 acres of land, according to Florida Fish and Wildlife (FWC) spokesman Gary Morse.
"This is a very complex case, especially since she acquired the gator before some changes in permit conditions," Morse told ABC News today. He explained that Thorn had reapplied for a permit earlier this year and was originally denied -- but a number of issues have since been raised, so the case is now in the process of being reviewed.
Meanwhile, Thorn still has Rambo and is rallying community support for the gator she calls her "second son."
She explained that Rambo is a local celebrity and has been the star of small shows Thorn has put on for a few charities and organizations in her area. The "trained" gator has been photographed "riding an ATV" and along with her on her motorcycle, she said.
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shyt and go for their throats