9′ 4″ Alligator Caught in Drew County
May 27th, 2016 by iPhone
Around 6 PM, Wednesday evening, a large, adult male alligator was seeing crossing Highway 35 near the Bayou Bartholomew bridge at Dermott. He escaped into the ditch, near the bayou, before being caught.
However, around 8 PM, carnivorous critter had made his way to the bridge on Skipper Bridge Road, a short distance south of Highway 35, where he was reported to law enforcement by a family in the area.
Drew County deputies and Arkansas Game and Fish Commission officers and biologists arrived, and located the 9 ft., 4 inch alligator, escaping into a nearby field.
Nuisance alligator cordinator Mark Barbee, assisted by a game warden, soon safely captured the tired reptile, loaded him up, and began his trip to an unknown game and fish property in another part of the state.
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Why was this gator a problem, there are very few homes and a smalll population in that area. Sounds as if the gator was harming no one and a small chance of harming anyone. The gator in Lake Hamilton that was caught should have been relocated simply for the population of people and visitors in the area.
“Harming no-one and a small chance of harming anyone”… ? Really. What about the family mentioned in the story. It is easy to sit back in your home and say “little chance of harming anyone”. If the removal of a carnivorous reptile. Adds to the safety of that family or anyone else living in the area, then it should have been removed. I certainly wouldn’t want one to come up to my canoe or tube while I was fishing to have lunch.
Well of those very few homes sir, they have very small children that love to stay outside and play. So for the parents peace of mind they moved it.
This gator was relocated due to small children that regularly visit the area, one of the residents on this property is disabled. There are also a number of pets at this location in addition to the two families that live and fish right on the bayou. He was also quite aggressive. I am the person that called for Game and Fish intervention and I am the disabled person with a partially severed spinal cord on the property.
I assure you that this gator NEEDED to be relocated for our safety.