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Published: February 6, 2009
Recovery of pet alligator becomes large-scale effort
BY JENNIFER GRISWOLD
WYNNEWOOD — Albert, a 12-foot alligator said to have starred in movies and TV commercials, has a new home after workers from G.W. Exotic Animal Park recovered him from a backyard pond in southeastern Oklahoma.

Albert, 43, was the pet of Stuart resident Richard Beamon , 69, a taxidermist who died Wednesday.

Family and friends didn’t know what to do with Albert, so they asked park workers to come ...

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