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The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said the gator was successfully captured Sunday and turned over to St. Louis Animal Control.
Mariee said Zurich is a young alligator and measures about 2 1/2 feet long. She said the gator did not pose a threat to any animals smaller than rodents.
Alligators are legal to keep as pets in Missouri and do not need to be registered unless they are more than 8 feet long, but the city of St. Louis bans the reptiles from being kept inside the city.