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“I did everything by the book the whole time,” Cavallaro said, adding: “They changed the rules, and I should be grandfathered in. I shouldn’t have to abide by them.”
This guy: "the rules shouldn't apply to me because I'm special"
Now with that said I'm hoping they let this guy keep his gator, but they should force him to no longer let people be around it outside of him or professionals the state forces him to hire.
There is a little more context than just "I should be allowed"
`` They changed the rules [two] years ago about what you need to do to have an alligator. I’ve had him 34 years and abided by all of them and renewed my permit annually as required.”
He added: “I tried renewing it when they changed their rules and had questions to ask. They ignored my emails and phone calls to make sure I did everything right even though I should be grandfathered in. ``
Seems like he did have a license he kept current, tried to renew said license and got denied. Probably because of keeping the animal secured or something like that, but it's not like this guy was trying to just skirt the law for 30 years and thinks he should be allowed to continue, he appears to be trying to comply with the licensing.
And I get that, which is why I hope it works out for the guy, but I'm going to take what he's said with a grain of salt, I know how beauracrasies are, and I know how much worse they tend to get when your circumstances deviate from the norm, ultimately this guy is going to need to take this to court and fight it out in order to force the New York state bureaucracy to make a change.
Ultimately i was just making fun of the grandfathered claim, it's always the go to claim when rule changes are made that people don't want to comply with. Also an alligator is a dangerous beast, I've been chased by them, I've dealt with getting them out of my pool, I've had friends lose their pets to them, I can definitely understand why NYS doesn't want alligators in poorly trained or incapable hands, however someone has to care for this poor blind gator.