KC Pets

Dog bite leads to discovery of alligator in trailer at Kansas lake

Updated: 2012-07-19T14:04:17Z

By Stan Finger

The Wichita Eagle

Sedgwick County Sheriff’s deputies investigating a dog bite case at Lake Afton found a four-foot alligator in a camper-trailer Wednesday, authorities said.

A 13-year-old boy called 911 from atop the roof of a vehicle shortly after 11 a.m. after being bitten by his own dog, a Sedgwick County dispatch supervisor said. An EMS crew treated the boy for a bite wound on his hand, and deputies investigating the incident found the alligator in a box.

Animal control was summoned to take custody of the alligator, which was owned by the boy’s father, the supervisor said. State law prohibits owning inherently dangerous and exotic pets.

Reach Stan Finger at 316-268-6437 or sfinger@wichitaeagle.com.

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