{"id":2061040,"date":"2023-10-09T18:41:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T22:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gators-galore-9-recovered-from-pa-home-after-6-footer-breaks-free-calls-on-neighbor\/"},"modified":"2023-10-09T18:43:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T22:43:15","slug":"gators-galore-9-recovered-from-pa-home-after-6-footer-breaks-free-calls-on-neighbor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gators-galore-9-recovered-from-pa-home-after-6-footer-breaks-free-calls-on-neighbor\/","title":{"rendered":"9 alligators were found in a Pennsylvania home after a 6-foot one escaped and sought help from a neighbor."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgators-galore-9-recovered-from-pa-home-after-6-footer-breaks-free-calls-on-neighbor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2061040&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Gators Galore: Alligator Takes Over Pennsylvania Porch<\/h2>\n<p>When\u200b a neighbor decides to camp out on someone else\u2019s porch, \u200cit \u200cmight\u200b be a big \u200bdeal. But it\u2019s definitely a bigger deal when the camping neighbor is an alligator.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Tony Gularsky, a resident of Kiski Township in western Pennsylvania\u2019s Armstrong \u2064County, northeast of Pittsburgh, \u2064found out his porch \u200dhad been occupied Thursday when a friend called him at home, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/it-was-definitely-crazy-multiple-alligators-rescued-from-home-in-armstrong-county\/45464593\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WTAE-TV<\/a> in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI got\u2063 a phone\u2062 call from a friend of\u200c mine who was going to come up and she says, \u200c\u2018Whatever you do, don\u2019t come out on your porch, \u200dthere\u2019s \u2064a gator out on your porch,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was definitely crazy. It would\u2019ve been a rude awakening if I would\u2019ve \u2064walked out and seen it. I might\u2019ve had a\u200c heart attack,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But he had to crack the door and peek, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/triblive.com\/local\/valley-news-dispatch\/kiski-township-man-shocked-to-find-wayward-alligator-on-his-porch-9-taken-from-neighbors-property\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pittsburgh Tribune-Review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt was, I\u2019d say, about five\u200b to six \u2063feet long,\u201d Gularsky told the newspaper, noting that\u2063 since\u2064 neighbors down the road had been keeping alligators around, it was not a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/woman-young-boy-walk-alligator-pit-zoo-retrieve-wallet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">total shock<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u200d was \u200bjust a matter of time before they (got) loose,\u201d Gularsky said. \u201cI ended up being \u200bthe unfortunate one \u2014 it \u2063had to \u200bbe on my porch.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jason Pisarcik, \u200ba friend of Gularsky, \u200dsaid the alligator could not have been bypassed.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt was stretched out in front of his doorway. He couldn\u2019t get out (of his house) if he wanted\u2064 to,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After nine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/viral-crazy-video-alligator-looks-like-underwater-gets-millions-views\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alligators<\/a> in all were rounded up, they were delivered to the temporary keeping of Nathan Lysaght, director of Nate\u2019s Reptile Rescue in Allegheny County, just outside\u2064 Pittsburgh, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/triblive.com\/local\/valley-news-dispatch\/kiski-gators-at-rescue-center-headed-for-permanent-southern-homes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tribune-Review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe goal is to safely relocate the nine alligators to rescues in either\u200b South Carolina, Texas or Florida,\u201d Lysaght told \u2063the newspaper in a story published Friday, noting that the animals had\u200c been living in\u200c a\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/granger-smith-admits-to-taking-edibles-to-deal-with-sons-death-then-reveals-what-actually-helped\/\" title=\"Granger Smith Admits To Taking \u2018Edibles\u2019 To Deal With Son\u2019s Death \u2014 Then Reveals What Actually Helped\">backyard swimming pool<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re a little\u200d dirty from \u2063the pool water they were kept in. \u2064There was algae, but they\u2019re all going to get baths today,\u201d Lysaght said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Although the\u2062 state does not regulate alligator ownership, Kiski Township police Chief Lee Bartolicius\u200d told \u2063the Tribune-Review that the alligators were \u201ca\u200b threat to public safety, and our officers quickly \u200bdispatched to handle \u2063the call of an alligator reported at a neighbor\u2019s front door,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Armstrong County Humane Officer Amber Phillips, who assisted in the process, said the removal was \u201cexhausting and a slow process, but it was completed and no one was injured.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alligators \u201cmay not be an ideal pet, \u2063but they are creatures \u2062that matter and deserve \u2062the best, if nature\u2064 can\u2019t\u2064 be\u200c it for\u2062 them,\u201d he told the newspaper. \u201cI\u2019m relieved they\u2019re in a much \u200bbetter environment \u200cand are\u2063 going to\u200b have a life they deserve in full when they\u2019re transported to a sanctuary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dominic Albert Hayward, 26, the owner of the \u200calligators, has been\u2063 jailed in the Armstrong County jail on\u200c charges of violating\u200d parole and faces \u2062charges \u200dfrom the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat\u200b Commission of improper transportation or \u2064sale of \u200bwildlife, according to the Tribune-Review.<\/p>\n<p>It has been a hard time for \u200cPennsylvania alligators. In late September, Joie Henney was\u2063 not\u200b able to watch a Philadelphia Phillies home \u2062game\u200d because he was in the company of\u200b Wall, his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/emotional-support-animal-people-running-scared-owner-says-loves-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">emotional support<\/a> alligator, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/09\/29\/sport\/wally-alligator-emotional-support-barred-philadelphia-phillies-spt-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>. Philadelphia\u2019s Citizens Bank Park \u2064would not allow \u200cthe reptile in.<\/p>\n<p>Henney said Wally, who is somewhat of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/believe-not-4-5-foot-long-alligator-emotional-support-animal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-scores-win-on-first-amendment-grounds-in-case-over-fake-news-meme\/\" title=\"Trump Scores Win On First Amendment Grounds In Case Over \u2018Fake News\u2019 Meme\">social media personality<\/a><\/a>, had been invited to meet the players, but they were late and missed \u2062their chance.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSo we bought tickets and Wally has been into\u200b other baseball games, so we assumed that it was OK,\u201d\u200b Henney said. \u201cWe\u200c never asked or checked with it, but they only allow service \u2062animals, such as dogs and horses, into the stadium, not [emotional support] animals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWally is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-celebrities-who-risked-their-careers-to-defy-cancel-culture\/\" title=\"6 Celebrities Who Risked Their Careers to Defy Cancel Culture\u00a0\">emotional support animal<\/a>, not \u200da service animal. People criticized me\u2064 because they don\u2019t know the story behind everything \u2026 but when they came and told us, there was no disagreement, there was \u2064no \u200barguing, there was no conflict at\u2063 all. It\u2063 was all \u200cgood,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr>\n<h3>Read More:<\/h3>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gators-galore-9-recovered-pa-home-6-footer-breaks-free-calls-neighbor\/\">Gators Galore: 9 Recovered from PA Home After 6-Footer Breaks \u200bFree, \u200dCalls\u2062 on Neighbor<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western\u2062 Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are the legal consequences for possessing wildlife without a permit\u2062 in Pennsylvania, as in the case of the Sylvania Fish and Boat Commission?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Sylvania Fish and Boat Commission for possessing wildlife\u200c without a permit, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/triblive.com\/local\/valley-news-dispatch\/kiski-gators-at-rescue-center-headed-for-permanent-southern-homes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tribune-Review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The incident\u2062 of alligators taking over a porch \u2064in\u2062 Pennsylvania \u200bhas gained widespread attention and sparked \u2063concerns about the ownership and treatment\u200c of exotic pets. Alligators are not native \u2062to Pennsylvania and require \u2062specific permits for ownership. This incident highlights the importance of responsible pet \u2063ownership and \u200dthe\u2062 potential dangers posed by exotic animals.<\/p>\n<p>Tony Gularsky, the homeowner whose porch was occupied by the alligator, was fortunate to have received a call warning him about the unexpected visitor. It could have been a terrifying experience if he had encountered the reptile unaware. The presence of alligators in the neighborhood was not a complete surprise to Gularsky, as some\u200d of his neighbors were known to keep these animals. However, he never anticipated it happening on his own porch.<\/p>\n<p>Jason\u2064 Pisarcik, a friend of Gularsky, described the alligator&#8217;s position\u200c in front of the doorway, rendering it impossible for Gularsky to leave his house freely. This emphasizes the\u2063 urgent need to address the situation and ensure the safety of both the residents and the animals involved.<\/p>\n<p>Nine alligators were eventually rounded up and taken to the temporary care of Nathan Lysaght at Nate&#8217;s Reptile Rescue. Lysaght expressed his intention to relocate the alligators to rescues in South Carolina, Texas, \u200bor Florida, where they will receive proper care and an environment suitable for their needs. \u2064This relocation process includes cleaning\u200c the \u200balligators since they\u200d were previously kept in a \u200bbackyard swimming pool filled with dirty pool water and algae.<\/p>\n<p>While alligator ownership \u200bis not regulated in the state of Pennsylvania, this incident highlights the potential threats to public safety associated with keeping exotic pets. Kiski Township police Chief Lee\u2064 Bartolicius emphasized the need for\u2063 immediate action, considering the alligators \u2062as a threat to the community. The removal \u200bprocess was said to be both exhausting and slow but was ultimately successful without any\u2063 injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The owner of the alligators, Dominic Albert Hayward, has been placed in jail for violating\u2064 parole and may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gators-galore-9-recovered-from-pa-home-after-6-footer-breaks-free-calls-on-neighbor\/\" title=\"9 alligators were found in a Pennsylvania home after a 6-foot one escaped and sought help from a neighbor.\">face additional \u200bcharges related<\/a> to possessing wildlife without \u200ba permit. This serves as a reminder that the ownership of exotic animals \u200bcomes with legal responsibilities and consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Armstrong County Humane Officer Amber Phillips, who assisted in the removal process, stressed the importance \u2063of treating all animals,\u2064 regardless of their species, with care\u2063 and respect. She expressed\u2063 relief that \u200dthe alligators will now be in \u200da better environment and transported to a sanctuary where \u2064they can live a life they deserve.<\/p>\n<p>This incident has sparked\u2064 a broader conversation about exotic\u200c pet ownership and the potential\u200d risks associated with keeping animals that \u2062are not native to a particular area.\u200c It serves \u200cas a reminder for individuals to thoroughly research the legal requirements\u2064 and responsibilities involved in owning\u200b exotic pets before \u2062bringing them into their homes.<\/p>\n<p>The story \u200cof the alligators taking over a porch in Kiski Township, Pennsylvania, has captivated the attention of many, highlighting the need for awareness\u200d and responsible ownership when\u200c it comes to keeping exotic animals.\u200d This unusual incident serves as \u2063a reminder \u2064that wildlife should be respected in their natural habitats, and proper care and permits \u2064should be obtained if ownership is to be considered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Tony Gularsky of Kiski Township in Pennsylvania discovered an unexpected guest on his porch. It wasn&#8217;t just any neighbor, but an alligator. This unusual occurrence caused quite a stir in the small town located northeast of Pittsburgh in Armstrong County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":2061041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2061040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2061040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2061040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2061040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2061041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2061040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2061040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2061040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}