0000001266 00000 n Most Texans in "gator country" will live in close proximity to these native reptiles with no confrontations. The purpose of the designation is to provide safeguards to other protected crocodilians, such as the American crocodile, by regulating the management of alligators and the legal trade in alligator products. Additionally, we encourage brief articles in the categories of letters to the editor, book reviews, opinion pieces, point-counter-point articles, policy issues, notes on research and new techniques, and management notes. Usually, these smaller alligators will move further on in a week or two. After the attack, a contracted nuisance alligator trapper was sent to where the attack happened. WebThe Statewide Nuisance Alligator Program (SNAP) is administered by FWC's Division of Hunting and Game Management, Alligator Management Program. One in your area can be found here: https://public.myfwc.com/hgm/nwt/nwtsearch.aspx, For more information on dealing with alligators, check out the UF/IFAS Extension fact sheet at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdf/UW/UW39300.pdf, Trapping any wildlife on your property can be dangerous and you are not allowed to release them on any public lands. Copyright 2018 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved. (In some cases, the alligator may be protecting a nest - see below.) Most of the people who call about snakes wish them no harm; they just do not want them on their porch or in their pool. 2014 Jack H. Berryman Institute Most residential situations occurred in Fort Bend County, while more roadway and worksite situations occurred in Jefferson County, and more livestock depredation occurred in Matagorda County. Snakes are one of those. WebThe Nuisance Alligator Control Program is administered by the Division of Law Enforcement through contracts between the Commission and alligator trappers. On Monday afternoon, an alligator bit a 37-year-old man on Sanibel near a pond on Rabbit Road. Alligators have a keen sense of smell. Trappers say the gators will be taken to an alligator farm elsewhere in the state. xb```"YB Pay attention to your surroundings when working or playing in or near water. Unregulated market hunting and habitat alteration resulted in near extirpation of the species in Texas by the 1950's. Anyone concerned about the presence of an alligator is asked to call the FWCs toll-free Nuisance Alligator Hotline at 1-866-392-4286. Visitors with more education (bachelors degree or higher) were more willing to support lethal control of alligators. Coexisting With Alligators For emergency alligator complaints, such as an alligator attack, or an alligator in a location that is unavoidable by humans (highway, home garage, building, parking lot, etc.) Alligators are extremely quick and agile and will defend themselves when cornered. Welcome to ALLIGATORnet! - Nuisance Alligators 0000002991 00000 n An 85-year-old woman died Feb. 20 after an alligator grabbed her dog in a St. Lucie County community along Florida's East Coast. 0000003055 00000 n The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission was notified and the gator was captured and releasedin a lake off Town Center Boulevard, the notes indicated. Floridas Alligator Management Program has five separate divisions, one of which is the Statewide Nuisance Alligator Program. If you see a nuisance alligator, consider why it is there. A contracted nuisance alligator trapper was dispatched, and officials are investigating the incident, FWC said. The approximately 6-foot alligator was reported shortly before 10 p.m. at 121 Brookhaven Court S. in the Reserve at Brookhaven apartment complex in Town Center, according to dispatch notes from the Flagler County Sheriffs Office.