What I missed: R.I.P. Donna-Henry

The things one misses in law school!

At the University of Miami we had a campus lake. The lake had alligators.

I called the biggest alligator “Henry” but some other students called it “Donna.” I saw the alligator sunbathing almost every morning as I walked to class.

Well, while I was in law school land, up here in Minneapolis, someone lured the alligator out of the water and beheaded him!
Donna the endangered crocodile, beloved by University of Miami students — at a very safe distance — was slaughtered as a thrill kill, university police said Thursday.

UM police and state wildlife officials on Thursday arrested a 16-year-old in the butchering and beheading of the nine-foot animal in a campus canal early this month. They’re looking for an adult who they say also took part, luring the reptile with fishing chum, tying it down and chopping it up.

The crocodile suffered, authorities said.

”They used knives to kill it,” said UM Police Chief David Rivero. “It was a very disturbing killing of the crocodile.” (Via Miami Herald)
I’m appalled and apparently, very out of the loop. There is a facebook group and everything…

I don’t understand how this is even possible. The University of Miami has more cameras than a high security prison – a response to V-tech I think – walking across campus feels like filming for a reality TV show.

There also rent-a-cops, real-cops, international students, and stoners crawling the campus at night. How can someone behead an alligator without being noticed?

… and if they can take out Donna-Henry, imagine how safe the students must feel.

*** Update

I can’t even attribute my ignorance to law school. I completely missed this during my last semester of undergrad: