Stolen alligator returned 20 years later

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An alligator

An alligator that was stolen from a Texas zoo 20 years ago has been returned, reported NBC. Authorities believe that the eight-foot gator named Tewa was probably stolen by a person who was volunteering at the Animal World & Snake Farm Zoo. It was found near Austin by the Texas Game Warden and returned to the zoo in New Braunfels. “Alligators don’t make good pets, y’all,” the agency told the public.

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Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude. He was a columnist for The Big Issue and landed a world exclusive with David Beckham that became the weekly magazine’s bestselling issue. He now writes regularly for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, FourFourTwo and the i news site. He is also the author of a number of non-fiction books.