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Originally Posted by Advogado

I suspect that this whole thread may have been provoked by a poorly written article in the Villages on-line newspaper.

The basic situation really seems to have been that there was an alligator, of a size that it would make it dangerous to us humans, removed from a densely populated area of The Villages. This happens all the time.

The on-line newspaper article made it appear that the removal was only due to the gator's having eaten a duck-- a practice in which gators naturally engage--tough on the duck, but a gator has to eat to survive. However, this gator would have been removed from Lake Mira Mar, sooner or later, even if the duck-eating incident had never occurred. The fact that the gator, instead of keeping a low profile, was indiscreet and ate in public during the daytime--thereby calling attention to itself, only hastened its eventual departure.


Tough on the gator, but people don't like being eaten or chewed on by large reptilian creatures, and The Villages is OUR natural habitat-- not the gator's.

Ridiculous!!! Can't even put into words how ridiculous this post is. YIKES!!!