The owner of Albert the Alligator is vowing to continue his legal battle after the NYS DEC appealed a recent court ruling.

An upstate New York man who kept a 750-pound pet alligator in his house is an emotional wreck after government agents hauled his pal away – and he sees the same heartbreak in Albert’s scaly face.

The DEC is appealing the ruling of State Supreme Court Justice John J. DelMonte, who in February gave the state agency until ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — There’s a new twist in the fight over Albert the Alligator. The DEC is appealing a court ruling that favored Albert’s owner, Tony Cavallaro, in his battle to bring the 750 ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The legal battle over Albert the alligator continues. The state Department of Environmental Conservation is appealing a judge’s decision ordering the department to ...

Late last year, Cavallaro and his attorneys challenged the DEC's decision to deny the license to own Albert. They claimed the March 2024 seizure of the 750-pound alligator from Cavallaro's Hamburg ...

Hamburg, New York resident Tony Cavallaro had his pet alligator 'Albert' for more than 30 years before he was seized by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).