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PLENTY OF OFFERSAlligatorttcFinds Home IThe Earl Tylers’ alligator in Lake Corpus Chris-ti was ‘'rescued last night by the executive vice president of State Bar.k and Trust Co., Beevilie, Elmer V. Whiddon.He raises alligators, and this makes an even dozen.caught the reptile Friday nighton alligator ear bait intended for catfish.After an item appeared in The Times yester-p.m. until rmdmekt.A Flour Bluff man wanted the alligator to replace a pot that died. More than 10 “just wanted it to put m the back yard.overheard the conversation and put a stop to it.The Oa'alien Boy Scouts wanted the gator for their mena;cne.But Whiddon called first, as soon as he le-morning.Whiddon praised the Tylers for allowing the alligator to live, pointing out that they were helping to aid the preservation of wildlife.Whiddon has 11 othrr alligators in his specially created pool on his farm four miles west of Beeville.He explained that the gator from Lake Corpus Christi is 5 feet. 7 inches long and is about ID or 12 years eld, “because he still has his baby yellow stripes down the back.He will continue to grow for five or six more years, Whiddon said.Whiddon went to the lake as soon as he talked to the Tylers and found the gator in good condition.He was a little “fierce at first, but quieted down when he arrived at the ‘'home pool ” Whiddon said.Alligators go into hibernation from now until about April, pointed out Whiddon.Mrs. Whiddon helped her husband “settle down the alligator in the farm pool, “bravely but reluctantly laughed her husband.day afternoon, the Tylers, who live at 6326 Whitaker. received more than a dozen calls, from 5ceived his Times, he told the newspaper this
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Corpus Christi Times
Corpus Christi, Texas, US
Tue, Sep 24, 1957
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