250 gators removed from Disney since boy died in 2016 attack

[diehardblue]

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Wildlife officials have removed 250 alligators from Disney properties in the five years since a 2-year-old boy was killed by an alligator at the Grand Floridian Resort and Spa, a newspaper reported.

The company has worked with trappers contracted through the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to remove the gators, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

Most of the nuisance gators taken from Disney properties are euthanized and sold for their hide and meat, Tammy Sapp, spokeswoman for the wildlife agency, told the newspaper.

Some are also transferred to alligator farms, animal exhibits and zoos, she said. Those less than 4 feet (1.2 meters) are relocated, she said.

https://wsvn.com/news/local/250-gators-removed-from-disney-since-boy-died-in-2016-attack/

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. Euthanized is a nice word for slaughtered.

If they had taken measures before this happened, it never WOULD have happened.

[WA-03 Democrat]

2. I understand the frustration and anger

But I am curious what they could have done that would have prevented this?

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. Fences? With that kind of money...but I know aesthetics are more important than

the lives of indigenous animals.

[WA-03 Democrat]

4. I think the issue is

They built it the middle of a swamp. Gators will be here long after us. I just don’t know fencing that well but creatures that are fast in the water and on land would take one hell of a good one.

[EX500rider]

5. Fences?

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[Ferrets are Cool]

6. I grew up on a farm. Our fences were electrical so that the livestock would remain inside.

IF there is a will, there is a way. There is no will here.