Men facing charges for pouring beer down a baby alligator’s throat

RIDGELAND, SOUTH CAROLINA — Two South Carolina men are facing misdemeanor charges for forcing a baby alligator to drink beer.

Joseph Floyd Jr., 20, and Zachary Brown, 21, are accused of wildlife harassment after posting photos of in the incident to Snapchat. The pictures show one of the men holding the alligator by the throat and the other pouring the beer from a can into the animal’s mouth. Another photo appears to show smoke being blown into the gator’s mouth with the caption “Gator Shotgun.”

The two told wildlife officers they found the baby gator on the side of the road and eventually let it go. The gator is believed to have swam into a nearby pond.

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