[dukeman]

You may not be able to tell it from the media, but everyone in Florida is not currently being chased around by an alligator. And you gotta love those Marines blasting away at the gators!

[Sam Cree]

Apparently gators, range indicated above in yellow, inhabit most of the Deep South, and even North Carolina clear up to the VA border. But I think we've got most of them here in Florida.

[Al Gator]

For some obvious reasons, I'll recuse myself from this thread.

But, on a parting note:


Hey, Hey, Gator's gotcher Granny!

[saleman]

"These are unfortunate, unrelated coincidences," Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Willie Puz said."

Let's see 17 deaths since '48, three in a week and these are unrelated? Somethings going on. Habitat, proximity to humans, etc. I would guess these gators have no fear of humans and they see them as food. But hey, what do I know.

[mad puppy]

"Frey said the gunshot wounds appeared to self-heal and the wildlife officer put the gator back in the lake."

So this gal pounds this little 3 ft gator with 4 rounds and it LIVED? Unless she shot it with a pellet gun, that is rather unnerving.

[Thinkin' Gal]

Frey said the gunshot wounds appeared to self-heal and the wildlife officer put the gator back in the lake.

Alligator amnesty. Not unlike a Pali prisoner release program.

[browardchad]

Frey and her daughter managed to push the alligator through a dog-door on their lanai

I do believe there's a few details missing here. A large gator will not fit through a dog door (and who in their right mind would try it?), and I doubt could be flipped with a shovel. Then there's the fact that it was returned to the lake; large gators are moved to uninhabited areas when caught.

Conclusion: a small gator attacked her dog (but that fact would kind of ruin the story).

[Hatteras]

"hunting without a permit"

WTF?!

[RoseofTexas]

"then Frey shot the reptile four times."

This gave me a great chuckle..:)

Thank heavens for guns!! LOL

[tet68]

The three fatal attacks have come during the peak of alligator mating season, when the animals are moving around in search of mates.

It's a jungle out there.

[therut]

I would be mad as heck that he put the gator back in a POND.. One that had gone into a residental area and attackt someones dog. Maybe it will attack a child next time. Thing needed to be shot.

[Chena]

A socialist somewhere is saying, "Send GATORAIDE!"

[pepperdog]

"These are unfortunate, unrelated coincidences," Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Willie Puz said.
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"Frey thought she was going to jail, but ended up with a warning citation for hunting without a permit."

I pity anyone having to live in such a place and I'm not talking about the alligators. And did they leave the "t" out of Willies' last name?