Good for nothing but to kill........not so they make beautiful shoes and handbags of course after they are DEAD!!!
Alligators do actually serve a purpose in their natural wetlands habitat.
Though many people find alligators terrifying, the wondrous reptiles help maintain a critical balance in our ecosystem. They feed rapaciously on invasive nutrias, which cause horrific damage to wetlands by denuding their vegetation, and they also tunnel deep depressions that provide reservoirs during droughts. These "gator holes" can be a source of lifesaving water for fish, birds, turtles and other creatures.
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/life/article/Gators-serve-a-purpose-in-our-environment-4279971.php
Killing off all alligators to complete extinction is not the answer. I will say that conservation efforts that brought the alligator from near extinction has now gone too far and their numbers should be brought under control especially in populated areas.
But FWIW, in Florida, you are much more likely to be injured or killed by lightening than by an alligator.
http://www.floridalakefront.com/lakefront-faqs/alligators-in-florida-lakes/
http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/florida/how-often-do-alligator-attacks-happen-in-florida_/244937313
I still say alligators should be hunted down to extinction.
what little ‘good’ they do by existing is far out weighed by the horrific harm they do; the killing of innocent human beings and pets.
It happens every day in Florida; an innocent, beloved dog is snatched by an alligator while its master walks by a river, lake or pond- or an innocent cat who has wandered too close to an alligator hangout is snatched. It is so commonplace that it is no longer reported.
They will never get a foothold in the area where I live.
When one pops up, he is never seen again.
What’s that they say,’shovel and shut up’?
We know a rancher with several ponds and a river on his property.
A gator snatched his dog one day. That gator ‘disappeared’- as do any who show themselves on his property.
Everybody around here does the same.