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Originally Posted by Rainger99

Spanish Lakes Fairways has removed four alligators from the retention pond where a woman was killed by an alligator earlier this week.

I called The Villages when I first got here and reported an alligator that was in a nearby retention pond. They said that they won't do anything unless it attacks either a person or an animal. So apparently, they get one attack or kill before anyone does anything about them.

Predators are cleared from lake near retirement community after woman savaged to death by reptile | Daily Mail Online

If a major natural predator is removed from an environment, the consequences would be profound and very likely negative because it would certainly upset the ecological balance. We can’t imagine the consequence details but we can imagine that the nearby natural areas would change and likely for the worse. There are plenty of examples where man has killed off animals and negative natural consequences followed.

What Happens When the Top Predator Is Removed From an Ecosystem? | Education - Seattle PI

Does Killing Sharks, Wolves and Other Top Predators Solve Our Conflicts with Them? - Scientific American

Four Pests campaign - Wikipedia


Mass removal of alligators in Florida is not going to happen.