Manteca alligators could be euthanized if state standards not met [Video]

MANTECA, Calif. — A Manteca couple is fighting to save their pet gators after the California Department of Fish and Wildlife told them the reptiles must go elsewhere or be euthanized. 

Mike and Sue Schultz say they have legally kept Bindi the caiman and Regis the American alligator in their enclosures for decades, and they are desperately searching for a way to keep them. 

They are dreading a May 4 deadline after they were denied a restricted species shelter permit because the enclosures did not meet state caging and enclosure standards, according to Fish and Wildlife. 

“I could never imagine our lives without these alligators. They are our pets. The thought of them not being here is devastating to our family completely,” Sue Schultz said. 

Fish and Wildlife Captain Patrick Foy …