Ashley Betts, a 32-year-old resident of Rotherham, has faced legal action for unlawfully keeping a four-foot alligator named Cliff in his garden for over a year. He was fined and ordered to cover additional costs after pleading guilty to violating the Dangerous Wild Animals Act. Betts claimed he was unaware of the licensing requirements for exotic pets and expressed an intention to obtain the necessary permit to retrieve Cliff, who has now been relocated to a temporary shelter 70 miles away, with no animal cruelty charges filed against him.
Ashley Betts, 32, from Rotherham, has been fined for keeping an alligator in his garden for over a year, breaching the Dangerous Wild Animals Act.
Betts claimed ignorance of the need for a special license to keep exotic pets, expressing his desire to obtain one to potentially recover Cliff.
The alligator, named Cliff, was found in good condition; authorities did not charge Betts with animal cruelty or negligence towards the creature's living conditions.
While Betts had kept Cliff in Rotherham, alligators typically thrive in the marshes and swamps of the southeastern United States and northeastern Mexico.
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