IOWA CITY, Iowa Officials say an alligator-like reptile that escaped from an animal shelter near Solon was shot and killed.
The four-foot-long caiman was shot yesterday by a resident.
Joe Wilkinson of the Iowa D-N-R says a wildlife technician sent to the scene was calling his supervisor for advice -- and before he could get an answer, the neighbor shot it.
Torben Platt, who runs the Witty Kitties shelter, says he's not sure how the caiman escaped. He has two other caimans, which are kept in a plastic pool surrounded by a chain-link fence.
Platt says he's upset that the caiman was killed, but he takes the blame for it getting out.
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