The brief saga of the obese alligator occupying the yard of an abandoned Coca-Cola bottling plant on Fowler Ave that had some neighbors in the Tampa suburb of Temple Terrace, Florida sort of concerned has ended happily for all involved as staff from reptile zoo Croc Encounters arrived Friday to winch the fat bastard onto a pickup truck to re-home him at their fetid tourist trap, WFLA reports.
“It’s rumored the alligator was being fed ham and chicken by employees at surrounding businesses and likely other people as well. Not only is it illegal to feed alligators in the wild but it’s unhealthy for them. This alligator is extremely overweight and now accustomed to getting fed by people,” Croc Encounters wrote in a Facebook post heralding the capture of their newest, fattest addition. They didn’t elaborate on what’s actually going to be different for the gator’s diet and sedentary lifestyle other than that they can now charge people admission to watch them feed him chicken and ham.