Man brings leashed pet alligator to Calif. bar

[Breukelen advocaat]

See you later, alligator! Reptile seized at bar

Cops intervene after customer brings 3-foot pet on leash to Calif. nightspot

The Associated Press

updated 7:36 a.m. PT, Thurs., Nov. 13, 2008


HUNTINGTON BEACH, California - Heard the one about the guy who walked into a bar with an alligator?

At Johnny's Saloon in Orange County, it was more than a joke early Saturday when a man arrived with his 3-foot pet gator on a leash.

By the time police and animal control officers arrived at Johnny's, the gator was in the man's vehicle in the parking lot. Officers followed him home, where another alligator was found, animal control spokesman Ryan Drabek said.

Both alligators were impounded and were being held pending an investigation by the Department of Fish and Game, Drabek said.

Alligators are not native to California, and it is illegal to keep them as pets.

A woman who answered the telephone at Johnny's Wednesday night declined to comment.


Copyright 2008 The Associated Press.

URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27698480/

Breukelen advocaat Reviewed by Breukelen advocaat on 11-14-2008. Man brings leashed pet alligator to Calif. bar See you later, alligator! Reptile seized at bar Cops intervene after customer brings 3-foot pet on leash to Calif. nightspot The Associated Press updated 7:36 a.m. PT, Thurs., Nov. 13, 2008 HUNTINGTON BEACH, California - Heard the one about the guy who walked into a bar with an alligator? Rating: 5

[lewds1]

What a idiot why would someone carry a aligator as a pet when that thing would kill u in qa second

[disrupt86]

a real close friend of mine actually had a gator. just a baby but the damn thing was half my size, surprisingly he was pretty chill.he just couldn't afford to feed him anymore and had to let him go. iv seen weirder things in l.a than that so it doesn't surprise me.

[theforthdrive]

iv seen weirder things in l.a than that so it doesn't surprise me.

Yeah, this is status quo in LA