HAMBURG, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York man who had his alligator seized after sharing a home for more than three decades has given up his court fight to get back the reptile he affectionately named Albert.
Tony Cavallaro sued the state Department of Environmental Conservation after officers met him with a warrant in the driveway of his suburban Buffalo home in March 2024. The officers sedated the 12-foot, 750-pound alligator and drove him away in a van.
Albert, who lived in an indoor swimming pool, eventually ended up in a sanctuary in Texas…