Animal control seizes alligator from Detroit backyard

By Megan Fleming

Jun 15, 2016 at 4:01 pm

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Police responded to multiple calls for a "vicious animal at a home" and discovered an alligator in a backyard on Detroit's west side.

Alligator found in backyard of home on Detroit's west side https://t.co/4Vgys6zSVT #Local4 pic.twitter.com/6bpCfn1Daq
— Local 4 WDIV Detroit (@Local4News) June 15, 2016

According to Fox 2, police went to the 12800 block of Strathmoor and found a 2-foot gator "charging out."

Animal control was called to remove the animal around 12:45 p.m. Click on Detroit was at the scene and took of video of officers capturing the alligator.

Alligators are notoriously dangerous animals. The capture downtown happened hours after a 2-year-old boy was dragged into a lagoon by an alligator in Orlando.