[Mishmash] New Florida Rules May Give Homeowners Right to Trap, Kill Gators

[Fred Atkinson]

Well, actually,

    At one time, they were near extinction.  That's why they got put on the
endangered species list.  But due to the present population of them, they
need to come off that list.

    It just angers me something awful when that women shot at that alligator
when it was attacking her dog and they charged her for it.

    Regards,



                                                                    Fred

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <LCR at rochester.rr.com>
To: "Mishmash" <mishmash at mishmash.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 8:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Mishmash] New Florida Rules May Give Homeowners Right to
Trap,Kill Gators


> My brother has lived in Florida for several years.  About 10 years ago he
> lived in a house on Lake Jessup.  He told me that there were alligators
> there and to be careful when I went out in the yard.  Not living in
Florida
> I just sorta thought he might be overly cautious.  The next day he took me
> out on Lake Jessup in a boat, and as we were moving along in the boat,
being
> a curious sort of person, I asked him " what are all those humps in the
> water?"  He told me that were alligators and I understood his caution
then.
>
> He said they would crawl into your yard and lay down.  He had a dog and he
> said he had to severely reprimand it when he caught it near the water
> because the alligators would eat people's pets around the lake. It's
> horrible to think of the alligators getting to a child.
>
> I certainly didn't take any night walks outside. He definitely would kill
> one then, if it became destructive to him or  his property, I don't look
at
> it as killing endangered species, it's something like survival.
>
>  I realize that some people get enjoyment out of killing senselessly and
> that is what the laws are for, but my opinion is to save the manatees,
they
> are harmless, they can have the alligators.  We can put a few of the
> alligators in a zoo somewhere and save them.
>
> I think Gale is right, the laws are made by someone who didn't have them
> growing in their back yard.
>
> Fortunately my brother moved out of there shortly after that.
>
> Linda
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <fatkinson at mishmash.com>
> To: <mishmash at mishmash.net>
> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 6:54 PM
> Subject: [Mishmash] New Florida Rules May Give Homeowners Right to
Trap,Kill
> Gators
>
>
> > New Florida Rules May Give Homeowners Right to Trap, Kill Gators
> > FOX News
> >
> > So now you have to get permission to kill a dangerous alligator on your
> > property.  And you can only get it if it is less than four feet long and
> > you get approval first.
> >
> > I'm still bugged about the lady that was charged for shooting an
alligator
> > that was attacking her dog.
> > What a bunch of idiots.
> >
> > Fred
> >
> >
> > Click on the URL below for the rest of this story:
> > http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,271855,00.html
> >
> >
> >
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