The owner of an 34-year-old alligator seized by conservation officers near Buffalo, New York, is fighting for its return. Tony Cavallaro says the reptile he named Albert is a gentle giant he treated like family and who lived in a custom addition in his house. Officers a week ago sedated and seized the more than 11-foot, 750-pound alligator. State environmental officials say Cavallaro’s license to keep Albert had expired in 2021, and that he'd let children and others pet it, which is illegal. Cavallaro says he's received an outpouring of support for the alligator's return.