In the early 20th century people could visit a dangerous alligator farm in Los Angeles

[boingboing]

Originally published at: In the early 20th century people could visit a dangerous alligator farm in Los Angeles | Boing Boing

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[leicester]

I mean, who hasn’t wanted a alligator-drawn wagon?

[knoxblox]

I mean, without opposable thumbs, can alligators actually draw? /s

[Hanglyman]

Not just safety, but animal cruelty. How many of those alligator hatchlings that people took home do you think survived? My guess would be exactly zero, with the possible exception of a few that were released into the NYC sewer system.

[nonofyrpenguins]

My vision of a post-apocalyptic future already came and went without me.

[milliefink]

And right after that, they usually went fishin!

[ElQuesero]

So I take it that the only alligator farms one can visit nowadays are safe alligator farms? Goddamn nanny state.

/s if this wasn’t bleedin’ obvious

[sqlrob]

[smulder]

[euansmith]

When Scrappy-doo attempted to unmask the Alligator… well, let’s just say, we all won.

[SoCalChris]

The Alligator Farm later moved to directly across the street from Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park until it closed.

The park still refers to the area where it was at (Which is now a dirt lot used for parking) as the Alligator Farm Lot.

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