Albert, who weighs 750 pounds, was taken by DEC officers back in March, and the fight to get him back intrigued people in Western New York and nationwide. Albert is currently at a sanctuary in Beaumont, Texas, and will have to stay there until the state processes the new application.

A state judge says the DEC needs to review a local man’s application to keep his pet alligator Albert after the reptile was seized by the state last March. Tony Cavallaro kept Albert in his Hamburg home for decades.

A judge ruled that the state must re-examine a license application that may let a Hamburg man reclaim his 11-foot-long pet alligator.

Major victory in court battle to return 750 pound alligator to his original owner in Hamburg after DEC officials deny license renewal application.