{"id":727484,"date":"2026-06-26T16:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/727484\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T16:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:05:09","slug":"young-alligator-captured-at-jackson-countys-longview-lake-marina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/727484\/","title":{"rendered":"Young alligator captured at Jackson County\u2019s Longview Lake marina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) &#8211; The juvenile alligator reported at Longview Lake has been captured, and officials say there is no longer a public safety concern.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Jackson County Parks said park rangers and Kansas City Animal Control spent the afternoon searching the area. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">A fisherman spotted the alligator, dubbed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plevota\/posts\/pfbid02Vd24ruUHb2xBYKv1FgwjPRoHNXNqzAZ6qQA8nKeh5DCfLWJWkfS4VRnPnmrL21m6l\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plevota\/posts\/pfbid02Vd24ruUHb2xBYKv1FgwjPRoHNXNqzAZ6qQA8nKeh5DCfLWJWkfS4VRnPnmrL21m6l\">\u2018Longview Lou\u2019<\/a> by locals, and pointed crews to its location, allowing the animal to be safely removed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The alligator is now in the care of Kansas City Animal Control. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Officials said it will be held for a short period while they work to determine whether it has an owner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Jackson County Parks thanked the public for its cooperation and credited the fisherman for helping crews locate the reptile.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KCTV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) &#8211; The juvenile alligator reported at Longview Lake has been captured, and officials say&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":727485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[6619,312869,312870,79,201],"class_list":["post-727484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-alligator","tag-longview-lake","tag-longview-lou","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=727484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/727485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}