American fight in court not to lose Rambo, your pet alligator

Most people have or at least have had a pet, and Mary Thorn, a woman living in the state of Florida, is no different. Even different is the pet she has at home: Rambo, an alligator that has been part of the family for 11 years.

Everything was fine in Thorn life until Rambo started to get too big and a little scary too - or would you think it was super cool that your neighbor had a giant alligator across the wall?

The fact is that the case has ended up in court, and now Mary is doing everything she can to keep the five-foot-long animal at home, as it always has been. Under Florida law, however, she had to live on a property that measures at least 10, 000 square feet of land in order to be allowed to keep an alligator as a pet.

Fear of separation

The fact is that Rambo is really part of the family. Today, at age 16, the “pet” is featured on Thorn's photo albums - in one of the pictures he shows his biker side, including - and even has his own room inside the house.

According to Mary, Rambo is as faithful an animal as a regular pet dog and waits for her every day near the door. In addition, the reptile is capable of responding to commands and is great at understanding sign language. "He is my son. He is my family, ”she said in a statement published in the New York Daily News.

Mary says she takes the animal to schools and parks, where she teaches interested parties about the life of alligators, their food and other curiosities. According to her, when children approach, Rambo closes his mouth tightly to avoid accidentally biting them. "He never hurt anyone, " the owl mother said.

If she really has to pass the animal over to a competent institution, Mary fears that Rambo will die, since he is very sensitive to sunlight and has never been treated as a wild animal. The idea of ​​separation has made Mary sick - according to her, the longest she has ever been away from her alligator is a week. "I'm losing my son, and it will hurt a lot, " she said.

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