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Later gator: Deputies wrangle alligator ‘loitering’ at Florida Wendy’s

By Lauren Silver, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
By Lauren Silver, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. — An alligator may have been looking to get a bite to eat when it was found outside of a Florida fast-food restaurant.

Alligator found outside Wendy's Deputies and Florida Fish and Wildlife took the alligator into custody. (Hernando County Sheriff’s Office)

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The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office said it received a call for an alligator “loitering” in the parking lot of a Wendy’s. When deputies arrived, they found the large alligator in a parking space and called in a trapper from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Deputy and trapper wrangle alligator The alligator was found "loitering" outside Wendy's. (Hernando County Sheriff's Office)

The trapper and a deputy worked together and used a rope and catch pole to wrangle the animal, WFLA reported.

The alligator was approximately 6 feet long, WPLG reported.

FWC took the alligator into custody.

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Deputies wrangle alligator ‘loitering’ at Florida Wendy’s Photos show a deputy and trapper working together to wrangle the massive alligator outside a Wendy's restaurant in Hernando County. (Hernando County Sheriff’s Office)

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