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Alligator Captured In Rockland Township Fish Pond

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Pennsylvania State Police are looking for a proper home for an alligator that was found Rockland Township pond.

A family came across the 3-foot alligator trapped in a small fish pond.  The father, with the help of his kids, captured the alligator, taped it's mouth shut and placed it safely inside of a box until troopers arrived. 

Troopers whisked the alligator to their police barracks in Reading.  They even named it "Little Rocky."

State police are now asking any agency that can help care for the alligator to call the Reading Barracks at 610-378-4011

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