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 […]
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 […]
Wildlife officials are searching for an alligator that attacked and killed a dog in Polk County.
Wildlife officials are searching for an alligator that attacked and killed a dog in Polk County.
With summer being alligator mating season, the usually docile reptile becomes more territorial, experts say.
With summer being alligator mating season, the usually docile reptile becomes more territorial, experts say.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Standing in front of a hissing, squirming 12-foot-long python Wednesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis said he’s doubling resources to remove the invasive species that’s destroying the natural food chain in Florida’s delicate Everglades. The state has been paying select hunters to catch and kill the invasive snakes on state lands since […]
He said he saw the gator at the Colt Creek State Park and says this is nothing new for Florida.
The gator is seen thinking about crossing the street and decides to go back to a nearby pond.
As Floridians, we expect to see an alligator roaming around or sunning itself from time to time, but one family in Dunedin found a small gator making itself at home in their pool over the weekend.