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Originally Posted by TrapX
Visitor didn't understand the danger. Sadly, it cost him his dog, Alligators are a nuisance to people and neighborhoods. No such thing as a "poor alligator". They all can go away so we can enjoy the area we live in.
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The alligators are one of the many things I love LOVE about living in The Villages !!!
I have a difficult time believing the reason the visitor had their dogs off leash was due to ignorance regarding the existence of alligators in Florida. Roads are lines with billboards of alligators; gas stations and fruit stands advertise ALLIGATORS. No one can be that mentally challenged not to know there is LOTS OF WILDLIFE in Florida. I suspect the “visitor” just didn’t want to obey the leash laws and thought they were above the laws of nature.
All the wildlife is to be cherished and enjoyed here. Wild Alligators are typically not aggressive towards people- usually more scared of us than we are of them. Once alligators are fed by people, then they lose their fear of people and these interactions can happen more.
The bigger question is why do people purposely move somewhere with knowing certain issues exist- lots of wildlife, or freeway noise or lack of shops or too many shops or FREEDOM FROM
TYRANNY and then bitch and complain about those issues and try to change it into the place they lived before??
If you don’t love and in awe of the incredible wildlife The Villages has to offer- I feel sorry for you and suggest this is probably not the place for you. Don’t destroy the wildlife and the enjoyment it brings to others to suit your taste. Find a place that suits you better.