Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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You think we eat only domesticated farm animals? People also eat Ostrich and make clothing accessories from their hides. The same for deer, elk, moose, caribou, bear and buffalo. We also eat, and use their feathers for decoration, ducks, geese, and a variety of other waterfowl as well as dove and quail. Ah, you say, but these are all game animals. In Florida there is a hunting season and hunting permits are required for taking alligators. It's not all about nuisance gators. Similarly, in Louisiana there is a hunting season for commercial hunters who can get permits to kill and market over a hundred gators apiece. Here in Florida hunters who take game animals are not permitted to sell their harvest for food in restaurants. Gator is an exception. This restriction does not apply everywhere. That's why I could eat reindeer sausage in Alaska, and venison at a mountain lodge in Oregon. |
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Relocating is fine, if they are harming people. Rumor has it, they are being trapped for no good reason, and being killed. That is NOT ok.
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Why does the FWC not relocate nuisance alligators in Florida? |
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It is far better than having a small child killed for no good reason by a wild animal. They are protecting us, be it an abundance of caution. A gentleman in Bridgeport at Lake Sumter saved his dog from an alligator attack just last year. It really can happen. Beautiful children and beautiful dogs are prey for them. 2832
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AND....... they taste good. |
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Why is it OK to set mousetraps in our homes or to kill cockroaches but not alligators.
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Can't blame that on the gator if the resident violated the 'leash law' here and paid attention to his dog rather than his landscaping! Responsibility and common sense would have gone a long way to avoid that situation!
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That is true. It is my own set of values Maria. I think of dogs as family members and alligators as wild animals that I feel no affection for. The dog owner was careless and then he put himself in harms way to do what he did. I doubt if we would have many issues or problems of any sort if all people behaved with common sense and never drank and got a bit fuzzy, but they do. I think removing large gators is protecting us, stupid and unstupid, careful and careless. drunk or sober, animal lovers and non animal lovers. The alligators don't pay taxes.. I am acting from my own inner instincts and what I think is right or wrong and do not expect everyone to agree.
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I read the article in the ************* and I'm still unclear on why the FWC pulled the trapping permit from Villages management. Was it first permitted under false pretensise?
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This is an emotional issue. Gators can, at some point if the population grows large enough, kill and eat someone's grandkid or dog. Do you really want to see that happen? Let the trappers do their job, remove the gator and yes kill it. Sorry about that but it's the most realistic solution. |
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No gators as neighbors!
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Further, I didn't think a dog had to be on a leash when in the yard of its owner. Doesn't matter anyway. With 1.3 million alligators in Florida it is imperative that we not permit them to live in close proximity to humans. When they lose their fear of humans they become particularly dangerous. |
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