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Alligator hunting season starts Thursday in Florida

ORLANDO, Fla. (WESH) —Florida’s annual statewide alligator harvest begins on Thursday. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission oversees the six-week program. The season ends on the morning on Nov. 1. Alligators were included on the original federal endangered species list in 1967. Conservation efforts allowed the population to rebound, and they were removed from […]

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Alligator will be euthanized after killing dog in Auburndale

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – Wildlife officials say they will euthanize an 11-foot gator that killed a Florida man’s dog in Auburndale on Thursday. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said a trapper captured the gator in a retention pond around 7:30 p.m. Thursday evening. They said the 350 to 400-pound reptile will be euthanized […]