Watch: Tow truck hoists 400-pound gator out of Houston-area neighborhood
Wranglers said the 10-foot-long alligator was taken to a sanctuary.
Tow truck used to remove alligator from Houston-area neighborhood
Wranglers had to use a tow truck to hoist a 400-pound alligator off the ground and into a pickup.
HOUSTON – A tow truck had to be called in to help remove a large alligator from a neighborhood near Houston this week.
The 400-pound reptile was seen wandering Monday through the Cinco Ranch neighborhood just west of Houston.
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Video recorded by Michael Schwab started by showing a lassoed gator doing a typical roll as a wrangler from Bayou City Gator Savers approaches it. Later, law enforcement is seen assisting the wrangler before the animal is harnessed to the hoist of a tow truck and lifted off the ground. People work to safely place the alligator into the back of a waiting pickup truck.
Tow truck needed to remove massive gator from Texas neighborhood
Constable Chad Norvell of Ford Bend County tells FOX Weather Wild how the 10-foot plus reptile was relocated after wandering the Cinco Ranch neighborhood in Houston, Texas.
According to a Facebook post by Bayou City Gator Savers, the reptile measured 10 feet 6 inches long.
At the end of the video, the wrangler can be heard saying the alligator will be taken to a sanctuary.