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Title: First Florida man, then Florida woman. Now the wildlife gets in on the act... Post by: Alex on April 01, 2018, 09:38:04 AM http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43610086 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43610086)
Quote Florida alligator: Police posts show Nokomis pool gator Media captionThe alligator was taking a dip in the Florida family's pool Florida police have posted photos and video of an 11ft alligator in a family's swimming pool, along with the words "Just no". Residents in Nokomis called for help after discovering the animal. The Sarasota County sheriff's office posted film of a trapper dragging the animal from the water on Saturday. Responding to their own tweet, the officers said the gator managed to "bust right through" a screen door to get to the pool. Officers posted with the hashtags "Tweet from the Beat" and "Only in Florida". The American alligator on average grows to between 11 and 15ft long, and can weigh up to 1,000lb (454kg). The creatures are native only to the southeastern USA and China, in contrast with crocodiles, which are found in many parts of the world. Most US alligators live in Florida or Louisiana, with over a million in each state. Although classed as endangered under the US Endangered Species Act in 1973, conservation efforts boosted alligator numbers and the animal was removed from the list in 1987. Title: Re: First Florida man, then Florida woman. Now the wildlife gets in on the act... Post by: Pacman000 on April 01, 2018, 04:24:40 PM This happens fairly often; I have an archive of news stories about alligators in my email account.
Did they say what would happen to him? Usually they're killed if they're that large. :( Title: Re: First Florida man, then Florida woman. Now the wildlife gets in on the act... Post by: Alex on April 01, 2018, 04:27:41 PM I didn't see anything about what happened to the creature afterwards. I had just assumed they'd tranq it and return it to the wilderness some distance away.
Title: Re: First Florida man, then Florida woman. Now the wildlife gets in on the act... Post by: Pacman000 on April 01, 2018, 04:40:04 PM They usually can't; alligators tend to return to their territory. I know of only 2 stories where large gators were returned to the wild; one in TX & one in South Carolina. The trapper in South Carolina lost his license; in TX the gator had been washed out of his usual territory by flooding. He was returned with the assistance of the Texas Department of Wildlife. The next year, however, more floods washed him back out of his territory. They planned to catch & release him again, but couldn't find him. When he did show up again the first permit had run out, & he was killed. Haven't been able to keep track of this stuff quite as well after that. :(
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