[Ohio RailGirl]

This morning this 200 lb, almost 9 ft. gator was caught at the end of Crestview Street, off St. Charles. We are not near a golf course pond so gator walked a distance before being found here this morning.

[teamC]

Is he alive? What do they do with them when they are caught?

[mulligan]

Skin 'em and sell the meat. Good stuff

[Ohio RailGirl]

Originally Posted by teamC

Is he alive? What do they do with them when they are caught?

The trapper said the gator was over the length limit to relocate back to a pond so he had to kill it. He said it was considered a nuisance gator. He used a bang stick that had a bullet in it.

[VillageOyster]

That meat would have fed a small community event. LOL
Can we find it for sale on the square? Kidding

[kittygilchrist]

I hate this killing. I feel guilty for taking gator property.
Kitty

[buggyone]

The regulations are really harsh. If the alligator is over 4 feet long, it will be killed by the trapper. Under 4 feet long, it will be relocated to another area.

No reason that alligator could not have been relocated to another area where there are no people around.

[tag460]

As long as the meat gets donated to a local charity I am okay with killing nuisance gator.

[My Daily Run]

A friend of mine found one in her neighborhood of Hemingway a few days ago and a trapper also had to come and remove it.

[Bogie Shooter]

If no one had called the trapper, would the gator have found a pond?
Sometimes it may be best to wait. Why was he, the gator, a nuisance?

[duffysmom]

Sad to see that this magnificent creature had to be destroyed. It irritates me no end to see people feeding the alligators at the Sumter boardwalk; it's a death sentence and beyond stupid. Let's get educated and have some respect for all the creatures who live in this enviornment with us.

[towgo]

are you serious?

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by towgo

are you serious?

its even against the law. how serious is that?

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by buggyone

The regulations are really harsh. If the alligator is over 4 feet long, it will be killed by the trapper. Under 4 feet long, it will be relocated to another area.

No reason that alligator could not have been relocated to another area where there are no people around.

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

If no one had called the trapper, would the gator have found a pond?
Sometimes it may be best to wait. Why was he, the gator, a nuisance?

I agree with both of you and wonder why another poster asked, "Are you serious?" What did it do to be constituted a nuisance? Charge somebody? Eat somebody's dog? Damage property?

[Ragman]

Originally Posted by Ohio RailGirl

This morning this 200 lb, almost 9 ft. gator was caught at the end of Crestview Street, off St. Charles. We are not near a golf course pond so gator walked a distance before being found here this morning.

I think this was the same gator spotted on Hames Lane (almost directly across St Charles) overnight Saturday and was in the pond by Southern Star # 7 all day Sunday. He was gone on Monday AM so wonder where he was Monday and Tuesday?

Too bad, he was a fine gator just lookin' for love in all the wrong places.