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Mojo The Iguana Was A Jail Pet. Then An Inmate Fed Him Alive To A Gator, Police Said

Monroe County Sheriff's Office
Mojo the iguana was a pet at the animal farm below the Monroe County jail on Stock Island. An inmate fed it, alive, to an alligator.

A Florida Keys inmate decided to rid Key West of one more iguana. He fed it alive to an alligator at the sheriff’s petting zoo, police said.

His fellow inmates ratted him out for the killing.

And it wasn’t the first time the car theft suspect has tossed an iguana into the swampy gator habitat at the small zoo.

Jason Aaron Gibson, 40, was arrested Monday on two felony charges of animal cruelty.

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