In a fresh alligator attack, an 85-year-old woman was killed by an alligator in Florida on Monday. State wildlife officials informed about the same, adding that the alligator had been caught. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the St. Lucie Sheriff’s Office had responded to an alligator bite call in St. Lucie County in Florida. The department said that the woman’s body had been recovered and a nuisance alligator trapper had been used to capture the animal.
“Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with the family and friends of the victim,” a representative for the agency said in a statement.
Alligator captured in New York
A four-foot-long alligator was caught from a Brooklyn lake in New York, city officials said Monday. Officials said that the alligator was “very lethargic and possibly cold shocked since it is native to warm, tropical climates.” Officials said that the alligator was supposedly released by its owner far away from the species’ warmer habitat in the southeast United States.
New York City Parks said in a statement that such urban public spaces “are not suitable homes for animals not indigenous to those parks”. The release is illegal and could also “lead to the elimination of native species and unhealthy water quality”. The alligator was later sent to the Bronx Zoo. No one was injured.
Alligators are commonly seen out and about during spring and summer season looking for food as their metabolism increases. In August last year, an 88-year-old woman died after being attacked by an alligator in South Carolina.
Female alligator with mouth taped shut rescued
Meanwhile, in Florida, a female alligator that had been seen with her mouth taped shut, was rescued. Florida resident Amber Lock, who took the photo of the alligator, says the alligator’s mouth had been shut since December. Official say that due to this reason, she probably hasn’t hunted for several weeks. Amber says that a hunter had tried to capture the alligator but didn’t end up doing it.
The alligator was captured and relocated on Thursday. The alligator was five-foot-seven-inch-long and was found in a neighborhood retention pond in Brandon. Several attempts had been made to capture the alligator before it was finally caught.
The alligator has been relocated to a local alligator farm and visitor attraction in Palmdale, Florida. “We are pleased the alligator was safely relocated,” an official said in a statement.
(With inputs from agencies)
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