Not far from where Casey Yarborough was playing golf on Wednesday, he said he heard a loud pop. “Like a gun going off,” Yarborough said. Yarborough, who lives in Fort Myers, Florida, was on a fairway and the sound came from the other side of a pond along the golf course in Naples. It was … Read more
HAMBURG, N.Y. (AP) — The owner of an alligator recently seized by conservation officers in New York is fighting for its return, saying the reptile he named Albert and has shared a home with for more than three decades is a gentle giant that’s no danger to anyone. Officers a week ago met Tony Cavallaro … Read more
HAMBURG, N.Y. (AP) — An ailing alligator was seized from an upstate New York home where it was being kept illegally, state officials said. Environmental conservation police officers seized the 750-pound (340-kilogram), 11-foot-long (3.4-meter-long) alligator on Wednesday from a home in Hamburg, south of Buffalo. The home’s owner built an addition and installed an in-ground … Read more
An invasive alligator snapping turtle has been pulled from a Cumbrian tarn. A dog walker found the exotic creature, which is native to swamps and rivers in southern parts of the US, in Urswick Tarn, near Ulverston, on Monday. Parish councillor Denise Chamberlain fished it out of the water with a shopping basket and took … Read more
A 13ft (4m) alligator has been killed after it was spotted in Florida with the remains of a woman in its jaws, police have said. A witness told local media he saw the alligator in a Largo canal clutching a lower torso in its mouth. Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said the animal was killed and … Read more
A 13-foot alligator was spotted with human remains in its mouth in a canal in unincorporated Largo, Florida. Jamarcus Bullard said he saw the alligator and a body in the water on 134th Avenue North on Friday afternoon. “I threw a rock at the gator just to see if it was really a gator and … Read more