Woman charged with leaving alligator at airport; charged with animal cruelty

Reba said:
He's their mascot and celebrity. He's been there for at least 40 years. They feed him chickens. They sell little stuffed toy versions of Charlie. The only casualty so far has been a lawn mower that he snatched from the groundskeeper.
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And don't forget the time they (softhearted morons) thought Charlie needed female companionship. :kiss:

He killed and ate her. :tears:
 
ChicagoBlue2 said:
Maybe the groundskeeper was disturbing his nap time? Sure sounded that way. And I think it's cool they let him stay there. It shows they care about him, and most people don't, but if he's that well-known, then it's a good thing.
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He cannot roam off the reservation. There is a 4 foot chain link fence with a gate around the pond. The security department keeps an eye on him.
 
TinCanSailor said:
He cannot roam off the reservation. There is a 4 foot chain link fence with a gate around the pond. The security department keeps an eye on him.
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Oh, okay. So he's stuck there either way. That makes sense. It's probably for the safety of military people and personnel.
 
Several years ago, someone tried to send a package in UPS... and it almost reached to the designation. Unfortunately, in a delivery vehicle - apparently a live critter needs to empty their bladder and the cardboard gets soaked wet and the driver had to call a hazmat responder to clean up.... turns out that it's a live alligator in the package. Animal control officer took custody. It's illegal to send exotic animals into any mailing companies i.e. UPS, FedEx, Post Office etc.

Surprise at UPS. - Alligator-in-the-Box
 
Calvin said:
Several years ago, someone tried to send a package in UPS... and it almost reached to the designation. Unfortunately, in a delivery vehicle - apparently a live critter needs to empty their bladder and the cardboard gets soaked wet and the driver had to call a hazmat responder to clean up.... turns out that it's a live alligator in the package. Animal control officer took custody. It's illegal to send exotic animals into any mailing companies i.e. UPS, FedEx, Post Office etc.

Surprise at UPS. - Alligator-in-the-Box
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Isn't that international law?
 
Calvin said:
Both domestic and international.

For internationals, customs won't give it a go for those illegal contents.
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Federal I already knew about.

So, if a person wants to bring something for ownership, they would need to get a special license from that country and the federal government, yes? I know certain kinds of poisonous critters already require that, such as the Brazilian Wandering Spider. Those have to come with the person, and cannot be on the airplane by themselves. The person has to accompany that critter.
 
Some of the certain shippers have a contract with the company and governments allowing them to ship alcoholic beverages and some live critters. Those without contracts are illegal and not approved to ship.

ChicagoBlue2 said:
Federal I already knew about.

So, if a person wants to bring something for ownership, they would need to get a special license from that country and the federal government, yes? I know certain kinds of poisonous critters already require that, such as the Brazilian Wandering Spider. Those have to come with the person, and cannot be on the airplane by themselves. The person has to accompany that critter.
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Calvin said:
Some of the certain shippers have a contract with the company and governments allowing them to ship alcoholic beverages and some live critters. Those without contracts are illegal and not approved to ship.
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Interesting. This is interesting info (not that I want to try it). I always thought the person had to go with the critter, but apparently I am wrong. Poisonous snakes and spiders would still need approval, though, and they also do a background check on that person to make sure they do not have a violent criminal history, because those that do aren't allowed to have these, in case they want to use the poison for something else.
 
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