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I swear the headline is accurate, but you ll have to read the whole story, OK? About thirty minutes northwest of Green Bay, Wisconsin (GO PACK GO!) is Doc s Zoo. And on Monday, they announced Rex, the alligator, was missing!
I ll bet those are three words you ve never seen in the same paragraph: Wisconsin, alligator, and missing. Yet, here we are, talking about an alligator that went missing in Wisconsin.
Nick Cooper - TSM Duluth
We are heartbroken that on Saturday May 22nd, one of our alligators went missing from his enclosure.
Terrifying, right? Rex could wander down to Green Bay and feast on the pets and people of the city! No.actually, that s not a concern. Maybe nibble a bit on a snake, but no big bites.
The headline is accurate. Alligator's name is Rex, he was missing, and he's been returned to the Harley-Davidson dealership, because that's where the zoo is.
might be loose in the area after apparently escaping from its enclosure.
Doc s Zoo at Doc s Harley Davidson in Bonduel, Shawano County said their alligator who they refer to as Rex was discovered to have gotten out of his enclosure on Saturday.
Steve Doc Hopkins, the owner of the zoo, said Rex has been at their facility for over 35 years, and is typically very docile and isn t very likely to pose a risk to the general public. He doesn t go hunt for his food. He s never had to do that, I don t even think he knows how, Hopkins
In a Facebook post, the zoo mentioned that Rex has severe arthritis in his jaws making it very difficult to open his mouth more than an inch.