{"id":1991,"date":"2008-05-24T15:24:58","date_gmt":"2008-05-24T22:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2008\/05\/24\/alligators-in-the-sewers-one-year-after-capture\/"},"modified":"2008-05-27T16:02:13","modified_gmt":"2008-05-27T23:02:13","slug":"alligators-in-the-sewers-one-year-after-capture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2008\/05\/24\/alligators-in-the-sewers-one-year-after-capture\/","title":{"rendered":"Alligators in the Sewers – One Year After Capture"},"content":{"rendered":"

zoo-reggiejpg.JPGReggie has been in the zoo for a year now.<\/p>\n

We followed the story about Reggie, the suburban alligator, almost from the start: <\/p>\n

Alligators in the Sewers – Still!<\/a>
\nAlligators in the Sewers – Part IV<\/a>
\nAlligators in the Sewers – Part V<\/a>
\nAlligators in the Sewers – Part VI<\/a>
\nAlligators in the Sewers – Part VII<\/a>
\nAlligators in the Sewers – Epilogue?<\/a>
\nAlligators in the Sewers – Reggie, Where Ya Been?<\/a>
\nAlligators in the Sewers – The Epilogue<\/a><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, some of the earlier posts (Parts I, II and III) were lost when we converted from our old blog format to WordPress.<\/p>\n

The story started when a San Pedro resident introduced the alligator to Machado Lake in a Harbor City Park when he decided that he couldn’t keep his exotic pet any longer. Authorities later traced the animal to the resident and brought appropriate charges.<\/p>\n

The alligator, however, managed to elude potential captors for a couple of years and laid low in the park’s lake. The ‘gator became a celebrity in his own right as sightings by park visitors continued to be reported.<\/p>\n

A year ago, a team from the Los Angeles Zoo managed to snare the reclusive reptile.<\/p>\n

Here’s a report on the health and welfare of our favorite ‘gator from the Daily Breeze<\/a>:<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

It was a year ago today that Harbor City’s famous gator-on-the-run finally met his match.<\/p>\n

Sunning himself on the shoreline of Machado Lake, the unsuspecting alligator was nabbed at 3:30 p.m. May 24, 2007, bound and blindfolded, and whisked off to the Los Angeles Zoo.<\/p>\n

Today he’s featured in the first exhibit that greets visitors as they enter the main gates of the zoo in Griffith Park.<\/p>\n

The excitement over Reggie has died down, said Ian Recchio the zoo reptile curator who helped capture Reggie.<\/p>\n

But not entirely.<\/p>\n

Most, in fact, remember the tale quite well, though some need prompting.<\/p>\n

“They all tried to catch him, but he out-foxed them all,” remarked James Jackson of Fontana, who watched the story all unfold on television.<\/p>\n

“Oh, that’s Reggie? The one that was out there in the lake?” said Lucindy Jetter, a city parks worker who brought a group of children to the zoo on a field trip.<\/p>\n

Being from Redondo Beach, Jisica Watkins remembers Reggie well.<\/p>\n

“He must be getting some good care, he’s a pretty good size,” she said.<\/p>\n

Indeed, Reggie is “doing great,” said Recchio, although he hasn’t grown much since he arrived at the zoo a year ago.<\/p>\n

“He’s pretty much about the same length and weight,” Recchio said, adding the slow growth isn’t unusual. “He’s almost exactly 7 feet long and weighs 120 pounds.”<\/p>\n

And healthy?<\/p>\n

“He’s the epitome of a healthy alligator,” Recchio said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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