{"id":6609,"date":"2014-04-11T20:49:10","date_gmt":"2014-04-11T12:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=6609"},"modified":"2014-04-11T20:49:10","modified_gmt":"2014-04-11T12:49:10","slug":"abandoned-crocodile-captured-at-california-strip-mall-state-game-authorities-seek-new-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/04\/11\/abandoned-crocodile-captured-at-california-strip-mall-state-game-authorities-seek-new-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Abandoned crocodile captured at California strip mall; state game authorities seek new home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6761\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6761\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Crocodylus_niloticus_in_Lake_Chamo_02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6761\" alt=\"Nile Crocodile (Wikipedia photo)\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Crocodylus_niloticus_in_Lake_Chamo_02.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Crocodylus_niloticus_in_Lake_Chamo_02.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Crocodylus_niloticus_in_Lake_Chamo_02-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nile Crocodile (Wikipedia photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: medium;\"><span class=\"Date\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" width=\"90%\" \/>\n<p>ROSEVILLE, Calif. &#8211; This is one crocodile that didn&#8217;t want to become a handbag.<\/p>\n<p>Police in the Sacramento suburb of Roseville captured a 4-foot-long crocodile Wednesday near a T.J. Maxx store in a strip mall.<\/p>\n<p>Police spokeswoman Dee Dee Gunther says the animal apparently escaped from a box left in front of a reptile shop called The Serpentarium with a sign saying &#8220;Nile Crocodile. Contact Rescue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say the crocodile is feisty but had duct tape wrapped around its jaws.<\/p>\n<p>California Department of Fish and Wildlife Lt. Patrick Foy says the agency is &#8220;reasonably sure&#8221; the animal is indeed a Nile crocodile. It&#8217;s looking for a zoo or other facility to take it.<\/p>\n<p>Foy says the crocodile appears to have broken teeth, perhaps from biting wire cages.<\/p>\n<p>California bans ownership of crocodiles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u00a0 ROSEVILLE, Calif. &#8211; This is one crocodile that didn&#8217;t want to become a handbag. Police in the Sacramento &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":6761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2021,2020,1724,843,352],"class_list":["post-6609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lifestyle","tag-crocodile","tag-mall","tag-odd","tag-strip","tag-us","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}