Lions, tigers, and alligators... oh my!

So what happened to them? Alligator belts and shoes or a move to a new home where they can live in peace?

So what happened to them? Alligator belts and shoes or a move to a new home where they can live in peace?

they probably thought they were living in peace. as much as a gator thinks...

As a rule, in Florida, any Gator removed is not relocated but eliminated. The main reason, so I'm told, is that there are too many and relocation just continues the problems....

bummer...

As a rule, in Florida, any Gator removed is not relocated but eliminated. The main reason, so I'm told, is that there are too many and relocation just continues the problems....

bummer...

I think they were relocated into a pair of fancy cowboy boots.

I think they were relocated into a pair of fancy cowboy boots.

To go with that fine "copperhead" hat band.....;-)

I asked Tiger and he said that he had them in a pin and the routine was that they tried to get them into a farm. If the farms had available room they would take them, if not... they were sent to a processor (aka boots, etc.) Apparently he has them for a few days or something... waiting to hear back from all farms, etc.

Poor buddies... let's hope that someone calls.

If the next thread is "Gators Need a Good Home!" I'm calling the funny farm to have you all picked up...

I asked Tiger and he said that he had them in a pin and the routine was that they tried to get them into a farm. If the farms had available room they would take them, if not... they were sent to a processor (aka boots, etc.) Apparently he has them for a few days or something... waiting to hear back from all farms, etc.

Poor buddies... let's hope that someone calls.

Where's BlueFox?

Where's BlueFox?

See what I mean?

To go with that fine "copperhead" hat band.....;-)

And a real purdy cottonmouth belt with a big ole' custom buckle

See what I mean?

We tied!

Re: Alligator spotted
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Originally Posted by Smiling JOe
FYI - Word on the street is that there is a Gator (not a UF Gator fan) in the canal between Morrison and Ricker, so mind your kids and small dogs if they are swimming in there. I haven't heard any estimate on the length, so it could be a 1.5 ft gator or a 14ft gator.

This one has been there for several years and is probably about 4-5'. I live close by and it did bite my dog on the head several years ago and approached a boat I was in last year so I am certain it isnt afraid of people. As said before ...be careful there.

Dont worry... there will be a couple more there soon to replace them.

If the next thread is "Gators Need a Good Home!" I'm calling the funny farm to have you all picked up...

If you are a new resident of Florida I think you probably should have researched exactly where you were relocating to. I hate to tell you but Florida is one of the "wildest" states you could ever move to. The wildlife here is very important to those of us that were attracted to this area for its "wildlife" (and not just the kind you have while partying with friends on the beach). I get really upset when people come to this area and complain or jump on the bandwagon to "kill 'em all" when it comes to snakes, bugs, gators,or sharks, that are just a part of this area. Yes ..we have poisonous snakes, biting bugs, and other LARGE creatures that will make your life miserable unless you respect them and their habitat. I recently created a "Welcome to Florida" brochure that should be given to every person that thinks they are moving "to the beach". You must realize that Florida is so much more than the beach and that you have to take the good with the bad.

I hate to inform you that those gators are being processed for the meat and they probably will end up on that guys grill or in the grease before the end of the day. I have lived right off Bay drive for over 20 years and there has ALWAYS been at least one gator in that canal. Same with the bridge over McQuague (sp?) Bayou on E.PT. Washington RD. But they only came and attempted to trap that 14+ footer AFTER it had eaten 3 pets. But it was only about a week later that another 10' was spotted and after that about an 8' one was found dead with half its head blown off by a gunshot. And I just saw another yesterday under that bridge but cannot tell you the size because it submerged when I stopped on the bridge.

FYI- If the gators do make it to a "farm," it is an alligator farm, where they raise gators to be killed for meat and hides, as opposed to the farms where you pick berries and have cute little goats for milking.

Maybe I need to run my kayak back up McQuage Bayou again. I've never seen them in there, and I know several dogs which swam in there all the time. I use to cringe a bit when they would go in the water, because it seems like a decent place for a small gator to hang out.

I would be real worried about the bobcats the coyotes and the foxes and bears oh my, in Pt. Washington than Mr. Gator.

FYI- If the gators do make it to a "farm," it is an alligator farm, where they raise gators to be killed for meat and hides, as opposed to the farms where you pick berries and have cute little goats for milking.

Maybe I need to run my kayak back up McQuage Bayou again. I've never seen them in there, and I know several dogs which swam in there all the time. I use to cringe a bit when they would go in the water, because it seems like a decent place for a small gator to hang out.

Make sure and tell JDarg where a key to your house is in case we need to feed your animals if you don't come back

Make sure and tell JDarg where a key to your house is in case we need to feed your animals if you don't come back

You don't need no stinking key. Your library card will work just fine.

You don't need no stinking key. Your library card will work just fine.

Sheesh, SJ, you're such an intellectual snob. Now you want us to have library cards?

try the univesal key.[/ATTACH]:funn: :rofl:

Sheesh, SJ, you're such an intellectual snob. Now you want us to have library cards?

he expects a lot!

try the univesal key.[/ATTACH]:funn: :rofl:

that ought to do it!

SJ, did you get any pics of those baby alligators we saw Saturday night?

I couldn't find the original post that this quote came from:

"If you are a new resident of Florida I think you probably should have researched exactly where you were relocating to. I hate to tell you but Florida is one of the "wildest" states you could ever move to. The wildlife here is very important to those of us that were attracted to this area for its "wildlife" (and not just the kind you have while partying with friends on the beach). I get really upset when people come to this area and complain or jump on the bandwagon to "kill 'em all" when it comes to snakes, bugs, gators,or sharks, that are just a part of this area. Yes ..we have poisonous snakes, biting bugs, and other LARGE creatures that will make your life miserable unless you respect them and their habitat. I recently created a "Welcome to Florida" brochure that should be given to every person that thinks they are moving "to the beach". You must realize that Florida is so much more than the beach and that you have to take the good with the bad."

I don't really know how to react to this. I am by no means some guarded and inconsiderate person that blindly packed my things and chuckled along the way, "Huh, huh... I think I'll move to Florida... it sure is pretty there." And I am also not the type of person who is terrified of spiders and nature. On the contrary, I am a lover of the Earth and all its realities. I am a smiley person who is relatively level headed and try to be as logical as possible.
If you will read my original post you will see that I waited some days before calling the wildlife conservancy. Those days were filled with a lot of thought and consideration. I had a decision to make... and I made one. That was a choice that was dictated by the knowledge that there are children playing in this neighborhood and families in that canal. It was also a decision that was concluded strongly on the fact that I have 2 dogs that play along the very area I saw the gator hiding.
It was not, by any means, something I did naively or with a shallow heart.
If I have to pick the alligator or my dogs... I pick my dogs. And I am GENUINELY sorry if that makes me a bad person.

Yes we must co-exist... but we should also be wise and take certain measures to protect ourselves.

I am, honestly, suprised that such conclusions were come to about my character and morale. Perhaps I am being to sensitive, but I think that the above statement was condescending, filled with stereotype and unqualified assessment.

Sybil is that you?:rofl: :funn:

I couldn't find the original post that this quote came from:

"If you are a new resident of Florida I think you probably should have researched exactly where you were relocating to. I hate to tell you but Florida is one of the "wildest" states you could ever move to. The wildlife here is very important to those of us that were attracted to this area for its "wildlife" (and not just the kind you have while partying with friends on the beach). I get really upset when people come to this area and complain or jump on the bandwagon to "kill 'em all" when it comes to snakes, bugs, gators,or sharks, that are just a part of this area. Yes ..we have poisonous snakes, biting bugs, and other LARGE creatures that will make your life miserable unless you respect them and their habitat. I recently created a "Welcome to Florida" brochure that should be given to every person that thinks they are moving "to the beach". You must realize that Florida is so much more than the beach and that you have to take the good with the bad."

I don't really know how to react to this. I am by no means some guarded and inconsiderate person that blindly packed my things and chuckled along the way, "Huh, huh... I think I'll move to Florida... it sure is pretty there." And I am also not the type of person who is terrified of spiders and nature. On the contrary, I am a lover of the Earth and all its realities. I am a smiley person who is relatively level headed and try to be as logical as possible.
If you will read my original post you will see that I waited some days before calling the wildlife conservancy. Those days were filled with a lot of thought and consideration. I had a decision to make... and I made one. That was a choice that was dictated by the knowledge that there are children playing in this neighborhood and families in that canal. It was also a decision that was concluded strongly on the fact that I have 2 dogs that play along the very area I saw the gator hiding.
It was not, by any means, something I did naively or with a shallow heart.
If I have to pick the alligator or my dogs... I pick my dogs. And I am GENUINELY sorry if that makes me a bad person.

Yes we must co-exist... but we should also be wise and take certain measures to protect ourselves.

I am, honestly, suprised that such conclusions were come to about my character and morale. Perhaps I am being to sensitive, but I think that the above statement was condescending, filled with stereotype and unqualified assessment.

No, that does NOT make you a bad person. I have lived here all of my life, not far from you, and I, and my parents, grandparents, etc before me, have often made the decision "should it stay or should it go." If the critter in question posed a threat to kids, pets, human life, or fishing safely, it went. Did we go out hunting things to kill? No (except fish, of course). But if something that could hurt us crawled into our yard or into the canal behind our house, AND decided to take up residence there, see ya.

I'm sure the gator meant no harm, but gators stay in places due to one thing: food source. And the fishing in the Daughette canals is not that good.

ThatPersianGirl is a friend of mine, and I can tell you that she is a lover of nature. As she states, she feels that her pets and neighbors kids, who have been seen playing in the canals are potential dinner for the gators. Making a decision to remove the gators was not easy for her. How sad would it be if she chose to do nothing, only to find out the next week that her 6 yr old neighbor was eaten by one of those gators? Life choices are difficult, sometimes.

Tying this thread into the gators we saw on Western Lake the other evening, I can tell you for a fact that those two gators will need to be removed sooner, rather than later, with their habits of approaching and hanging around people, waiting for food. When they get large enough, the people will be the food. I wish we could relocate the people who have been feeding them, but I don't see that happening, so, unfortunately, we are left with the other option.