MAINICHI SHIMBUN (Japan) 06 July 04 Police snare runaway alligator in busy Kobe street
Kobe: Police were called Sunday night to capture an alligator running loose on a busy street here, and have taken it to the safety of the local Oji Zoo, they said.
They believe that the pet alligator had escaped or had been discarded by its owner.A passerby spotted the 60-centimeter-long alligator in a shopping district of Kobe's Chuo-ku and alerted police.
Arriving officers from Ikuta Police Station in Kobe managed to capture it 15 minutes later with a wire ring attached to the end of a mop.
The alligator is from South America, zoo officials said.
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Police snare runaway alligator in busy Kobe street
