L.A. gator capture a hoax.In August, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. authorities dismissed a claim that an alligator alligator, large aquatic reptile of the genus Alligator, in the same order as the crocodile. There are two species—a large type found in the S United States and a small type found in E China. Alligators differ from crocodiles in several ways. wrangler wran·gler n. 1. One who wrangles or quarrels. 2. A cowboy or cowgirl, especially one who tends saddle horses. Noun 1. had successfully captured a 7-foot-long alligator from a city lake, where it had been living for several months since he was dumped. The wrangler had been hired by the city to catch the alligator and deliver it to the Los Angles Zoo, but suspicions were raised when the gator never arrived. "To the best of my knowledge and all the reports I have received this morning, it was a hoax," reports Los Angeles Recreation and Parks Superintendent Ron Berkowitz, in the Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. . "I called the zoo to verify, and the gator is not there. I called the rangers, the city council office and my staff at the lake. There was no capture." The wrangler has since left the city. |
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