Alligator Big Mack rescued by ACCT Philly headed to Florida
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Big Mack, the 8-foot-long alligator removed from a Philadelphia home, is headed to Florida. ACCT Philly says the gator is leaving Friday to stabilize at a facility in Pennsylvania before heading to a sanctuary named JAWS in Jupiter, Florida.
Big Mack was removed from a North Philadelphia home earlier this week.
ACCT Philly said a couple called the animal shelter seeking to find the gator a new home.
According to the Philadelphia shelter, Big Mack is 8 feet and 127 pounds.
ACCT Philly executive director Sarah Barnett told CBS News Philadelphia earlier this week Big Mack initially was scheduled to go to a sanctuary in Michigan but the plane they secured wasn't big enough to handle him.
Big Mack was the third alligator ACCT Philly has taken in just this month.