The gator weighed in at nearly 300 pounds, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife officials.
An alligator lurks in the water in the Shark Valley area of Everglades National Park, Fla., Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. The 10.7-foot-long adult male alligator “was safely measured, tagged and relocated to a protected, more remote location,” according to Lerrin Johnson, wildlife public information officer with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
It weighed almost 300 pounds. The alligator was measured, tagged and relocated to a “protected, more remote location,” Johnson said in an emailed statement.and Refuge’s natural resources team to capture the gator. Johnson said it was captured as part of “ongoing, TPWD-approved and permitted research at the Nature Center.” “The proximity to Eagle Mountain Lake presented a valuable opportunity to better understand this species that is native to the Fort Worth area,” Johnson said., it is prohibited by state law to feed, kill, disturb or attempt to move an alligator. The website also advises the public to never feed alligators, avoid swimming in areas with large alligators and to not dispose of fish scraps in the water.If you see an alligator, officials ask that you call the Fort Worth City’s Marshal Office at Lake Worth at 817-238-9090. If an alligator poses “a threat to human safety,” officials said to call the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s district office weekdays at 817-831-3128 or after hours and weekends at 1-800-792-4263.Zacharia Washington is a breaking news reporter with The Dallas Morning News. A graduate of Huston-Tillotson University and The University of Texas at Austin, Zacharia lived in Austin for several years before coming back to Dallas, her hometown, in 2024. She previously worked as a local government reporter for Community Impact.
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