The 'good Samaritan' who called New Jersey authorities about a suspicious storage container that held an alligator was found to be responsible for the animal's abandonment.
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The three-foot-long alligator that was found abandoned in New Jersey last week was apparently left behind by the people whoNews of the alligator’s rescue from a plastic storage container in"below-freezing temperatures," on Sunday, Jan. 15, in Neptune, New Jersey, was initially shared in a press release issued by the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals .
Asbury Park resident Angel Rosario, who the MCSPCA initially identified as a"good Samaritan," reportedly contacted a local police station to report he saw a storage container left in an empty lot near Bangs Avenue.In a news update shared to Facebook on Thursday, Jan. 19, the Monmouth County SPCA revealed that Rosario andA three-foot-long alligator was recently found in a black storage container that was left in an empty lot in Neptune, New Jersey.
"When Rosario’s parents refused to allow him to keep the 3-foot-long reptile, they collectively staged the abandonment and called the Neptune Township Police Department posing as good Samaritans," the MCSPCA wrote."We know now that at no point surrounding these circumstances was the alligator left in a dangerous or life-threatening situation."
The alligator was reportedly purchased by Rosario’s acquaintance, Savion Mendez of East Orange, who bought the animal from a
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