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Old 06-03-2013, 09:55 PM
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Post from buggyone: "If I remember that incident - and if it is the same one - the dog was off the leash and running loose when an alligator grabbed it. The gator was killed just because the dog's owner could not follow rules and keep the dog on a leash."



If I remember correctly, that dog was in its own yard that abuts the pond where the gator was.
I honestly do not know all the details about if the dog was or was not in it's yard - but I do seem to remember hearing that alligator was a known resident of that pond - and it does seem foolish of the dog's owner to let the dog run free to the pond where it was known there was a resident alligator.

Anyhow, that situation is over and done with and no need to re-hash it anymore. Just a shame that an alligator had to be killed when relocation would have taken care of the situation just as good.