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Deputy wrangles feisty alligator in Georgia

MACON, Ga.

An alligator was apprehended at a park in central Georgia after a deputy sheriff wrestled the creature.

The Telegraph reported that Bibb County Sheriff’s deputy Clay Williams and Animal Welfare officer Bruce Rozier were dispatched to round up the 4-foot alligator in Macon.

Footage from the deputy’s body camera shows Williams straddling the reptile and holding its jaws shut as Rozier tapes its snout. Someone can be heard telling the alligator, “You’re under arrest.”

The alligator writhed in protest and lashed its tail at Williams, but the officers managed to load it into an Animal Welfare vehicle for relocation. The alligator was later released at a swamp.

Woman gives birth to baby at Nebraska zoo

OMAHA, Neb.

A woman whose baby was due mid-May went into labor early and gave birth at a Nebraska zoo.

Drea Hubbard was born Sunday at the Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium, weighing 5 pounds, 5 ounces.

Her mother, 24-year-old Kymica Hubbard, sayed the birth took about two minutes from when her water broke.

Hubbard was so taken by surprise that she was still standing when Drea’s head appeared.

Her husband, Justin Hubbard, caught the child and wrapped her in a sweater as other zoo visitors gathered around.

The zoo’s nurse, Krystal Hartmann, said Drea is the first human baby she’s seen delivered at the facility.

While Kymica Hubbard said she never thought she would have a baby in public, her husband said he “wouldn’t trade the experience for the world.”

Stuck cow pulled from muddy ditch by deputies

WAHNETA, Fla.

Sometimes a law-enforcement officer’s duty involves rescuing a cat from a tree. In one Florida county, it also can involve rescuing a cow.

Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies rescued a cow that was stuck belly deep in a muddy ditch.

The sheriff’s office said on Facebook that deputies used a front-end loader from the cow’s owner to pull the animal out so she could stand on dry ground.

Polk County is located between Orlando and Tampa.

Associated Press