An alligator that eluded Chicago authorities for a week has met with the media after an expert captured it using a fishing pole in a public lagoon. About eight hours after the reptile was captured, Chance the Snapper was pulled from a plastic conatiner by the man who caught it in the Humboldt Park lagoon. Frank Robb returns the alligator to a plastic holding container during a news conference in Chicago (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)The 5ft 3in-long gator settled into Frank Robb’s grip as photographers snapped pictures. The alligator floating in the Humboldt Park lagoon (Armando L Sanchez/Chicago Tribune via AP)Mr Robb, of St Augustine, Florida, arrived on Sunday. Mr Robb holding the alligator (Amr Alfiky/AP)Officials said the alligator will be taken to a wildlife sanctuary or zoo to live out its days.

Source: Irish Examiner July 16, 2019 16:07 UTC