Florida woman mistakes fighting alligators for home intruder: "It was scary"
May marks the beginning of alligator mating season in Florida, and that means that the reptiles are way more active.
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May marks the beginning of alligator mating season in Florida, and that means that the reptiles are way more active.
New video captures West Palm Beach officers coming face to face with an alligator and safely subduing it by grabbing its snout and taping its mouth shut.
Officers in West Palm Beach came face to face with an alligator in an empty lot and managed to subdue it by grabbing its snout and taping its mouth shut, with no injuries reported.
According to the FWC, courtship behaviors in alligators start in early April, and mating occurs in May or June.
Florida deputies and a trapper wrangled a 14-foot, 600-pound alligator blocking a Sarasota County road, an encounter captured on video.
A Land O' Lakes woman fought off a 5-foot alligator, rescuing her 4-month-old puppy and suffering bite wounds before wildlife officers captured the reptile.
A woman walking her 4-month-old puppy north of Tampa fought off a 5-foot alligator with her bare hands, suffering bite wounds but ultimately rescuing her pet before wildlife officers trapped the gator.
A woman was attacked by an alligator while hiking in the Bird Rookery Swamp in Collier County and was taken to the hospital with injuries to her arm and leg, according to officials.
Gator sanctuary owner Kyle Asplundh says he wrangled an alligator found in Magnolia Lake in Bristol Township.
It was all in a day's work for a Florida sheriff's deputy who was called after a young alligator was found in a backyard pool in St. Augustine.
Two wildlife officers captured an alligator that was on southbound lanes of the Turnpike near 74 Street.
A 15-year-old girl survived a terrifying alligator attack in a Florida Panhandle creek by fighting back and escaping with help from friends, officials say.
On Wednesday night, workers replaced the signs in front of the training facility with ones that read "Alligator Alcatraz."
Officer Christopher Martinez, who joined the Largo Police Department in November, received his first alligator nuisance call on Thursday.
The gator put up quite the fight when trappers went to remove it from the pool.
Two motorcyclists hit a 6-foot alligator in the middle of one of Florida's busiest highways, sending both bikers to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Two motorcyclists hit a 6-foot alligator in the middle of one of Florida's busiest highways, sending both bikers to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Florida sheriff's deputies opened fire on Timothy Schulz when he went for the weapons inside their patrol vehicle, a sheriff said.
A Polk County man who had just survived an alligator bite was shot and killed by deputies after allegedly charging them with garden shears and jumping into a patrol car, authorities say.
A large alligator forced the closure of Juniper Springs waterway in Ocala weeks after a deadly attack elsewhere in Central Florida.
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A 5-foot alligator was spotted in a storm pipe during a routine inspection in Oviedo, Florida, and the video has drawn thousands of views.
A Florida inspection crew in Oviedo found a small alligator lounging inside a storm water pipe, earning the nickname “pipe pup” and delighting viewers.
Deputies in Florida safely captured an alligator that startled residents by knocking on doors in a neighborhood at the start of mating season.
An alligator killed a Florida woman after tipping over a canoe she and her husband were paddling, investigators said.
A family's celebration turned to tragedy and then relief when two off-duty firefighters sprang into action to rescue a five-year-old boy who drowned at a Lauderdale-by-the-Sea hotel pool.
Experts say breeding season is fueling a new population surge across South Florida.
The city cites state and local mandates for the charge, but the homeowner is fighting back, urging others to check their statements for estimated versus actual readings.
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