Another irresponsible reptile owner making a bad name for the hobby.
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The headline-grabbing alligator captured in Queens wasn't the only cold-blooded critter snatched off the city's streets over the weekend.
The young male alligator - not yet named - got a little R&R Monday at a Brooklyn animal shelter, where he was joined by two other reptiles, all nabbed within 24 hours.
The first was a lizard known as an Argentine tegu; the other, "a large - very large - iguana," said Michael Pastore, the field operations director of Animal Care & Control of New York City.
Cops from the NYPD's Emergency Service Unit collared the gator cowering under a Datsun on Newtown Ave. and 29th St. in Astoria about 3 p.m. Sunday.
Police officials initially said it was a crocodile, but Pastore confirmed it is a basic American alligator, about 14 inches long and less than a year old.
"He's fine," Pastore said. "He had some good reptile company."
Arrangements are being made to donate the swamp animal to the Poconos Reptile Sanctuary in Pennsylvania, Pastore said.
Because it is illegal to possess a wild animal in New York State, Pastore said he believes the animal was ditched on the street - and may have been a little scared.
"He did let out a couple of little yelps," Pastore said, "and if you've ever seen a nature show, a baby alligator would let out a little yelp to the mother when it is in trouble."
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The headline-grabbing alligator captured in Queens wasn't the only cold-blooded critter snatched off the city's streets over the weekend.
The young male alligator - not yet named - got a little R&R Monday at a Brooklyn animal shelter, where he was joined by two other reptiles, all nabbed within 24 hours.
The first was a lizard known as an Argentine tegu; the other, "a large - very large - iguana," said Michael Pastore, the field operations director of Animal Care & Control of New York City.
Cops from the NYPD's Emergency Service Unit collared the gator cowering under a Datsun on Newtown Ave. and 29th St. in Astoria about 3 p.m. Sunday.
Police officials initially said it was a crocodile, but Pastore confirmed it is a basic American alligator, about 14 inches long and less than a year old.
"He's fine," Pastore said. "He had some good reptile company."
Arrangements are being made to donate the swamp animal to the Poconos Reptile Sanctuary in Pennsylvania, Pastore said.
Because it is illegal to possess a wild animal in New York State, Pastore said he believes the animal was ditched on the street - and may have been a little scared.
"He did let out a couple of little yelps," Pastore said, "and if you've ever seen a nature show, a baby alligator would let out a little yelp to the mother when it is in trouble."
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