12', 500lb Gator Killed in Jacksonville, NC

[TheRed]

I thought the same thing myself.. although I would have to agree on the coyote thing, depending on how much they are ruining a particular county... They can erode an ecosystem when they get over-populated.

This discussion reminds me of something I read the other day.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/government-plans-to-kill-thousands-of-owls-to-save-another-type-of-owl/2013/07/24/3aa202a0-f312-11e2-bdae-0d1f78989e8a_story.html

[bleys]

This discussion reminds me of something I read the other day.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/government-plans-to-kill-thousands-of-owls-to-save-another-type-of-owl/2013/07/24/3aa202a0-f312-11e2-bdae-0d1f78989e8a_story.html

 

ah, trying to intervene on survival of the fittest...  weird..

[thefuzz]

Hate they killed it.

 

Shame.

[CCS]

They should have just let it live and maybe kill a few people before they finally put it down. 

[chknwing]

There are plenty of gator farm tourist attractions that would have loved to have had him. They didn't need to kill it. So he ate a dog, thats what gators do.

 

if it ate your dog what would have been your response?

[Zod]

if it ate your dog what would have been your response?

 

Shame on me for walking my dog near a pond that is clearly marked as having gators. I'd be the dumbass that could have prevented it.

[Darth Biscuit]

Emotionally, yes I'd be pissed off if it ate my dog.

 

Rationally I know that the gator is just doing what gators do.

[Cary Kollins]

Plus the owner let his dog off the leash, clearly breaking the law.

Should have let the Gator live. Steve Irwin is doing the deathroll in his grave.

 

sorry