Reggie the alligator's two years of freedom ended this afternoon when the coldblooded fugitive left the chilly waters of Lake Machado and was taken into custody on the shore.
"The 7-foot alligator was taken to the Los Angeles Zoo, where he will be quarantined for up to 60 days to make sure he isn't carrying any diseases.
Still, by all appearances, "he's in good shape," said Karen Knipscheer, a spokeswoman for the city's Animal Services Department." LATimes.com
The capture came as experts from Australia were meeting with Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn and her aides on how to capture the alligator, which had been spotted recently in the lake near the Harbor Freeway in Harbor City.
Correction: Jan Hahn was not meeting with experts from Australia. They were coming from Australia for a meeting next week. The meeting was with her own county people when they heard Reggie was in the process of being captured which had been prearranged as an area was fenced in with chicken as bait which they expected Reggie to come and get and he/she did. Then the gate closed automatically. In my opinion, it appeared Reggie was coming on land more and more and that would have been dangerous for the public; therefore we shouldl be relieved all is okay and Reggie will be okay too I am sure with all this hullbaloo with his/her celebrity I assume Reggie will be fine though not as free as she/he was at Lake Machado and no longer feeding our fantasies about an animal rebel "beating the odds". "May Reggie thrive and live long and in relative peace". "Good Luck, Reggie, I hope you are a Regina".
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