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Originally Posted by Carl in Tampa
NO! It would not depend upon the circumstances of the child being eaten. Lieber Gott in Himmel! Do you hear what you are saying?
The range of the alligator is through the Southeastern United States from the Northern tip of North Carolina to the Southern tip of Texas, and the population of gators in this area is FIVE MILLION.
No one is talking about "wiping out the alligator population" by trying to prevent interaction between alligators and humans in The Villages.
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Carl,
I think the issue here is that there had apparently been no human interaction with the gators that were being trapped and, as you pointed out, you will never erradicate gators from Florida ponds.
A sighting of an alligator prompted someone to over react. Common sense should prevail. If an alligator is leaving its habitat to seek out human contact, then that gator should be trapped and harvested or moved.
It is my understanding that it is standard operating procedure in The Villages to tolerate non-aggressive gators until they grow to reach a certain size. They are often then relocated to Lake Sumter as was one that wandered into Bonita a few months ago.
That being said, I am in favor of allowing gators to eat humans who do not pick up dog poo.
