You won't believe this zoo mess cher
Oh, baby, where y'at? You gotta hear about this wildness, I swear to God, only in Louisiana. Remember how everyone and their mawmaw was taking pictures with sloths a few years back? Well, seems like the fella behind all that, Gabe Ligon, who started this whole wildlife preserve out in Ethel, has been having himself some… *tumultuous* times, as the paper puts it. We’re talkin’ loose crocodiles, sloths gone wild, and even an arrest at the airport. Lord, have mercy.
The drama unfolds at his hundred-acre preserve, which started from just a single acre he bought from his grandfather. This man built a whole brand around letting folks get up close with otters and those slow-movin’ sloths. But now, it’s a whole different animal, baby. Literally.
* **Sloth Selfies and Otter Swims:** Remember those cute pictures? That was his thing. * **Loose Crocodiles:** Apparently, a gator, or maybe a croc, got out. You know we got enough of those down here without them escaping from preserves! * **Airport Arrest:** The report mentions he got arrested at the airport. For what? Lord, I gotta know the details on that.
Now, I'm tellin' you, this is the kind of story that makes you shake your head and laugh, only because it's not happening in your backyard, cher. We got our own wild things to worry about in New Awlins, from potholes big enough to swallow a Honda Civic whole to the constant battle against the river wanting to reclaim our land. But a private zoo with loose crocs and airport drama? That’s next-level Louisiana, baby. It reminds me a bit of some of the characters you meet in the French Quarter after midnight, just a little more...scaly.
That's New Orleans, baby—we bury our dead above ground and keep the music below.
Y'all gotta hear Keith and them talk about this tomorrow morning — get the real scoop live at mornings.live.