Authorities seize ailing alligator kept illegally in US swimming pool

Environmental conservation officers secure the alligator for transport after it was seized from a home where it was being kept illegally.

An ailing alligator was seized from a home in New York State where it was being kept illegally, officials said.

Environmental conservation police officers seized the 750-pound (340kg), 11-foot-long (3.4 metres) alligator on Wednesday from a home in Hamburg, south of Buffalo.