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August 25, 1981
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El Al will have a different kind of passenger Tuesday when one of the 747 jets departs for Israel. The passengers will be more than 100 Florida alligators ranging up to 10 feet long and will travel “with first-class care,” according to Henry Laskau, cargo supervisor for El Al in Miami. The alligators will be flown to Israel to populate a swamp where gators used to roam wild. They will be turned loose in a 20-acre tourist park near an ancient Roman spa at Gader.

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