Your cousin's (illegal) gator-feeding joint got shut down since it didn't have a permit. Since you was the cousin of the old (now arrested for animal abuse) owners and because they were able to pay off their fines, You got to at least keep the crocodile as your own, and (surprisingly) he was quite happy of that fact, since he wouldn't have to be taken away for a strict diet.

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