Another Fatal Alligator Attack In South Carolina

“If an alligator is in a place where it cannot reasonably be expected to get back to the water without posing a risk to itself or to others, or is in a location that presents an immediate hazard, such as a road, school, pool, parking lot, etc., contact SCDNR at 1-800-922-5431.”

Yeah, so they can murder it, perhaps after torturing it, first? No thanks.

I recall a shameful, disgusting, story of DNR “stewardship” from a few years ago in Sumter county. A family in a rural area heard something moving around on their front porch, late one night. Fearing that it might be a burglar, they investigated and found it to be a big gator. They contacted Sumter County Sheriff’s Department and they in turn contacted DNR.

The hero from DNR arrived and with the help of deputies, pinned the gator down and tied its limbs behind its back with duct tape, a process that sounds extremely painful for the gator. I forget the exact sequence the next events followed in, but the gator was shot and killed and loaded onto the DNR guy’s truck to be moved elsewhere. I always wondered if they were going to kill it, why subject it to the pain and discomfort of binding its limbs behind its back? Why not just shoot it first and be done with it? A question that was asked, was why not just relocate it? DNR claimed it would eventually return to the area so killing it was their only option. I am no gator expert, but I find it difficult to believe that if it had been driven 50, 75, 100, miles away that returning to that spot would have been a priority, especially if it was not given bus fare. If I found one in my yard, DNR would be the last ones I would call.