“You cannot own a reptile … like this in the City of Los Angeles without having a proper permit. And obviously for an alligator, we would not permit that,” Mark Salazar, the head of field operations for Los Angeles Animal Services, told CNN affiliate KCAL/KCBS.
City officials say they found the carcasses of two dead cats next to Jaxson in a covered box in the backyard of the house in the Van Nuys area of the city.
The family denies they were feeding the animals to the reptile, but authorities are asking residents of the area to get in touch if any of them have had small pets that have gone missing in the past 40 years.
Alligator was ‘raised with cats’
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Jaxson is now apparently in the care of keepers at the L.A. Zoo.
Mattson told KCAL/KCBS that she thinks that’s a good place for the alligator.
“I’d be really happy if the zoo took her,” she said. “That would be the best thing for her, plus maybe she could find a mate.”
