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Ninth alligator found on LI

Originally published: November 11, 2012 11:25 AM
Updated: November 11, 2012 10:00 PM
By JENNIFER BARRIOS  jennifer.barrios@newsday.com

Roy Gross, chief of the Suffolk County SPCA,

Photo credit: Suffolk County SPCA | Roy Gross, chief of the Suffolk County SPCA, said a roughly 18-inch alligator was found on by a Hampton Street resident in Southampton. This is the ninth gator found wandering LI in recent months. (Nov. 11, 2012)

A small but feisty alligator found in a window well of a Southampton home has added to a troubling trend of abandoned alligators on Long Island in recent months.

Suffolk County SPCA Chief Roy Gross said the roughly 18-inch alligator was found Saturday evening by a Hampton Street resident who happened to look in her window well.

"It probably fell in or was trying to seek warmth," Gross...

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