Firefighter Fights To Keep Pizza, Cookie Loving Pet Gator Hes Had For 50 Years

This alligator has been David Van Buren s pet for nearly 50 years even crawling with him to college. But now wildlife officials in Florida say the gator s grown too big for David s backyard and is not in a proper cage. David, a retired firefighter, argues this reptile just wants to relax. Once he was in the house, he didn t want to leave. I think it took us like three weeks to get him to go back outside. He was on the couch all the time or in the bathtub, David explained.