Emotional support alligator stolen from backyard enclosure, owner says

(WGAL) - The owner of an emotional support alligator is searching for the reptile after he says it was stolen during a visit with friends in Georgia.

Joie Henney says his alligator, Wally, was taken out of a backyard enclosure last Sunday while on a trip to Brunswick, Georgia, from Lebanon, Pennsylvania. He says someone then put the alligator in another person’s yard to terrorize them.

Wildlife officials responded by calling a trapper, who captured Wally and relocated him.

Henney has been searching for Wally, even though he knows his chances of finding him are slim. He says a reward is being offered for the alligator’s safe return, no questions asked.

“We need all the help we can get to bring my baby back,” said Henney in a video posted to TikTok.

A friend of Henney said he heard someone at a bar bragging about stealing an alligator. The bar is trying to figure out the identity of that person.