[Joe Brower]

As we Floridians well know, gators are a part of life here. You just learn to look out for them when you're out, especially near the water.

Part of the problem that I have personally observed many times is Florida has seen a huge influx of people from the north, and many of the folks have little situational awareness, or worse, have been trained in wildlife behavior by the movie "Bambi".

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[SE Mom]

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

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This is a rather startling statement, all by itself.

SELF HEAL from 4 gunshot wounds? Eeek!

Are they sure this tastes like chicken?

[JanetteS]

"Florida has seen a huge influx of people from the north, and many of the folks have little situational awareness..."

Joe, that's such a polite way of putting it!

[LK44-40]

people from the north, and many of the folks have little situational awareness

You mean they are self-obsessed, loud, and think they are the center of the universe?? ;-)

[stainlessbanner]

What an idiot. A 3-foot gator did not pose a threat to this woman. I doubt it could unlock her front door.

Don't live on a lake if you don't like Gators, lady.

[danamco]

Part of the problem that I have personally observed many times is Florida has seen a huge influx of people from the north, and many of the folks have little situational awareness, or worse, have been trained in wildlife behavior by the movie "Bambi".




I will bet she is going to dragged into the court by the wacko animal lovers for killing the alligator, yet most of these wackos are FOR abortion!!!
Go figure out???

[Chanticleer]

I'm not a hunter, but maybe you or someone who is a hunter can clarify. From what I can read, Gator season is open Aug. 5- Nov. 1, the limit is two gators per permit, and the cost is $272 for Florida resident and $1,022 for non-residents just to apply for the lottery. Only a certain number of permits are issued, once issued, you can only "harvest" during certain hours of the day using certain techniques.

Do you think we could open that up just a tad?

[Road Warrior ‘04]

One of the biggest problems I see, and I see tons of gators, is the folks see a gator and immediately start feeding it. Most gators are afraid of people, but when they start feeding them, they lose their fear and sometimes attack. As the sign says going into Yellowstone: "Please don't feed the bears!" Same applies to the gators.

[GladesGuru]

Joe,

Don't blame the victim. The real reason for predators attacking, killing, and eating humans is that we no longer are at the top of the food chain.

Thanks to the enviro-socialists in the animal rights dumpster, man has been removed from his position as top predator. Without a gun, man is but slow moving, defenseless, food for many predators.

While that is what the 'dumpster denizens' want, the rest of us should be busy instructing our representatives as to how we want our Unalienable Right to defend our life and property given back to us, ASAP!

[floriduh voter]

And, it's a myth that the zig zag method is how to run from a gator. Gators can lunge five feet. Run like hell is my method of choice.

A gator trapped a women in her home in New Port Richey yesterday. I say trapped because there was no way for her to know if this gator was alone or not. They shot him, he went back into water and they then trapped and killed him.