I’m so torn over this, like he clearly loves his pet but he did have 3 years to fix the conditions and stop doing certain things and if I loved my pet and some authority gave me instructions to keep them then I’d just follow them.

Then there’s the long term care, where does a big old gator go? There’s hundreds if not thousands killed every year because they’re too acclimatised to humans, is there space for this guy? And even if there is space, wouldn’t it be better going to one of those being killed?

It’s complex.