Rishon Lezion, Israel’s first (and so far only) Sabra alligator, born three months ago to new immigrant parents from Florida, has returned home to his incubator at the El Hamma alligator farm on the Golan Heights. The 10-inch long alligator, stolen from the farm last Saturday, was deposited by whoever removed it after slashing its plastic heated home, at the Acre railroad station.
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