As the videos show, alligators continue to encroach on our territory; clogging up our airports, and bringing violence into our neighborhoods:
[Alligator trapper] French estimates Nuisance Alligator Control removes 12 alligators per year around St. James City and Bokeelia; 300 to 400 are removed in Lee County.
"There are definitely more gators than when I started trapping 20 years ago," he said. "We aren't moving into their territory, but providing more habitats for them. When a subdivision goes in, they put in lakes or preserve wetlands and they are perfect places for gators."
Two guys (John French and his son-in-law Tracy Hansen) remove 300-400 nuisance gators a year in Lee County alone. Meanwhile, in California, they're planning to bring in TV's "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin all the way from Australia to catch their one measly gator. They're going to wait until spring though, because according to them, their gator, nicknamed 'Reggie,' is hibernating during the long, cold Southern California winter.
Posted by floridacracker at November 17, 2005 11:56 PMPerhaps people who have never lived in Southern CA have little to no idea just how OUT OF TOUCH people in L.A. are about nearly anything that isn't of L.A. I actually think it's rather big of Irwin to seize the opportunity to rescue the gator from L.A.
Posted by: -S- at November 18, 2005 08:38 AM