Robbie Norville, regional supervising biologist with the N.C. Wildlife Resources, straddles the back and clamps the mouth of the alligator found at Redfearn's Nursery on Highway 24 in Cedar Point, N.C., Thursday morning, Oct. 4, 2012. It was an eight foot long gator, weighing in excess of 200 pounds was later released into the headwaters of the Oak River. (AP Photo/The Jacksonville Daily News, Chuck Beckley)
Newsday (http://bit.ly/SHSItg ) says the fourth alligator discovered in a week has found a new home at a Riverhead aquarium.
The most recently publicized stray was found Monday at a Wading River golf course on eastern Long Island.
Other alligators were found on successive days about 55 miles west, near a Baldwin supermarket.
The spate of gators started a week ago in Mastic.
Experts believe people may be disposing of the 2½-foot-long beasts when they start to become unmanageable.
The week's gator-wrangling total comes to five if you include New York City. Police removed a pet alligator from a Brooklyn home on Monday.
The Suffolk County SPCA warns that exotic animals make bad companions. They may pose serious health risks.
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Information from: Newsday, http://www.newsday.com
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