Alligator hides among donkeys to avoid capture, deputies say

WILMINGTON, N.C. - Let's call it a game of Pin the Tail on the Donkey – alligator style. 

The New Hanover County, North Carolina, Sheriff's Office said a Wilmington woman called them about an alligator getting in her livestock pen where her donkeys were. 

The woman said the alligator had positioned itself next to the barn in the flower bed and would not move. 

Alligator tries to charm another with mating call

During a visit to a Florida state park, a man came across a large alligator appearing to charm another gator with its loud mating call and immediately stopped to take a video of the encounter. Andy Fischer told FOX 35 News he has heard the bellowing sounds alligators make when trying to attract a mate, but it was his first time seeing it in person. He said he spotted the reptiles while on the La Chua Trail at Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park in Alachua County, Florida.

Deputies were informed that the alligator had been on the woman's property for about five years, living in her two ponds. However, now it was causing a threat to her other livestock.

Animal Services Unit deputies responded and took the alligator into custody at the direction of the NC State Wildlife biologist. 

The alligator was relocated safely into the wild.