And there, in a room adjacent to the living room, an alligator! This is the frightening discovery made by a police officer last spring in Meurthe-et-Moselle. The soldier had come for a search at a veterinarian following an anonymous email received by the French biodiversity office, according to France Bleu Lorraine Sud.
“I particularly like these animals,” defended the practitioner at the hearing before the Nancy criminal court. His lawyer told him about good treatment. “The animal was being treated in an annex of its clinic. It was not a private detention. »
The animal, which weighed 13 kg for 1.60 meters according to The Republican Eastarrived at his home in the spring of 2022. A Slovakian then crossed all of Europe with the reptile in her trunk (and a wooden box) so that he could be treated for septicemia and a kidney problem.
“It’s true that infusing an alligator is not as simple as with a rabbit. But, you know, they mostly get bad press. He doesn't charge at you as soon as you enter the enclosure. They are rather docile,” defended the veterinarian who was sentenced to four months in prison and must pay a fine of 1,000 euros.
The alligator was taken from him and entrusted to the Amnéville zoo.
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