An alligator attacks its handler at a child's birthday party

A child's birthday party at reptile center Scales and Tails in Salt Lake City took a dramatic turn when an alligator attacked a handler.

As the children gathered around an enclosure to learn about the alligator, the handler told the group that the reptile was not supposed to be up on the platform, so she needed to go in and get it to go back in the pool, even though it might be "kinda boring for a second." — Read the rest