We've all heard of emotional support animals, and we usually think of dogs, or maybe cats, but... there is a man in Pennsylvania who has an emotional support alligator! Yep! You read that right!
Joseph Henney is a reptile rescuer. I had no idea reptiles needed rescuing. Back in 2015, Wally was "rescued" from a pond in Florida, and a friend of Henney's took the alligator to him. All these years later, Henney not only still has Wally the Gator, but he is a registered support animal. Henney even took him to the ballpark before a Phillies game last month. I believe the only reason they didn't let him in was because the Phillies were already warming up for the game.
I saw a TikTok of Wally swimming in a backyard pool with a couple of little girls, and they were playing with him. It seemed a little creepy and dangerous to me. I learned in science class that the brain of a reptile cannot feel emotions and is only concerned with self-preservation needs such as hunger and thirst. So, how can Wally the Gator be explained? Beats me!
Different strokes for different folks, I guess.
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The whole idea of taking animals around for emotional support has gone a bit too far. Those people need to think of the rest of the people in the world. We would not go anywhere near a place where a guy had an alligator of any size or age! Ridiculous. Use it at home, not in public.
ReplyDeleteI don't know about that kind of a pet either. I wouldn't let my babies around it, but whatever floats his boat. I don't want an introduction.
ReplyDeleteLove all the funnies and the chicken, biscuits and potatoes and gravy made me laugh out loud. Me too.
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Any animal can at least be taught not to fear humans. That, unfortunately, can be a problem.
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