I do NOT believe the policy was set by "The Villages".......I was told it was a FWC policy. I may be way off on that....but ....hearsay is ..........

Thought of this thread after hearing in the news early this morning about an elderly woman down near St. Pete (I think) who was walking near a pond and a gator "flew" out quickly and attacked her. A passerby was able to save her but the gator got her leg. NOT good!!! People can think they're harmless, but they are not! That's why the warnings to golfers (and others) about not going near the ponds. I for one think it was fine that that gator was seized. Perhaps his demise could have been taken elsewhere. They're the wild animals who have had us invade their environment...for the most part.

A gator 4' or over is quite likely to return to the area it is removed from,wreaking all sorts of havoc along the way. That's why the state mandates gators over 4' be destroyed when they become a nusiance ( lose their fear of humans).

Thought you might find this presentation of interest.

http://myfwc.com/media/310218/Alliga...gators_ppt.pdf

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"Funny", Yesterday it was poor gators. This morning news about the women and dog attacked,a different story. This was bad yesterday, "Hooray the neighbors who put this idiot in his place.Now who has egg on their face. That guy may have saved someones life here.

I think that hearing about the elderly Florida woman who lost part of her leg to an alligator yesterday is frightening.