Two local men working together to subdue gator and remove it from gutter

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/03/10
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — An alligator of a meter's length was caught swimming in a gutter in Douliu City, Yunlin County on Tuesday (March 10) after residents reported it lurking in farm fields, CNA reported.

Douliu City Council Chairman Hu Ke-qin (胡克勤) shared on Facebook the story of how the alligator was subdued by Jiangcuo village chief Shen Yong-qing (沈永清) and volunteer firefighter Liao Guo-zhi (廖國志). As there is no alligator farm in the vicinity, Hu assumed that the alligator might have been a runaway or abandoned pet.

Sources in Hu’s office said that a Douliu resident saw the Facebook post and called to ask about the alligator's whereabouts, saying that a gator they kept at home ran away during a flood last year, and they suspected the gator caught in the gutter Tuesday to be their pet.

Shen told CNA that a villager who heard the story called it "ridiculous," saying that if the owner lost their alligator last year and was only trying to find it now, it was fortunate no gator attacks had occurred.    [FULL  STORY]