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Meet Wally the Emotional Support Gator

He raised all his animals from birth @Sweet Ann, they are all domesticated. Although I love all animals, reptiles, and in particular alligators, wouldn't be my choice for a pet. To each his/her own I guess. Wally does seem, however, to be a very docile, unusually passive gator.
 
As you said, @Foxy, to each his/her own. Even though his animals are domesticated, you never know if an animal could turn on you.

I still wouldn’t want to live next door to anyone with domesticated formerly wild animals.

There is some one not that far from where I live who has a domesticated very large unattractive boar living with them. I don’t even like looking at it.

I wonder if someone needs paperwork to own a domesticated, formerly wild animal? I assume you would, depending on where you live.
 
As others have said he IS a wild animal no matter if he is now domesticated. He can 'turn' on you at any time , and then what?
 
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