According to FWC data, 184,047 nuisance alligators have been killed from 1997-2021. That is about 57% of all permits issued to trap alligators.
And as the state has seen a recent population boom since 2020, some Floridians worry that alligator newbies are calling the nuisance hotline unnecessarily. Some call the number just for seeing an alligator at a lake, according to Elise Bennett, Florida director for the Center for Biological Diversity.
In the late 1980s, alligators were taken off Florida’s list of legally protected species. After decades of unregulated hunting, protections allowed the alligator population to return to safe levels, Steven Johnson, a wildlife and ecology professor at the University of Florida, said. People on social media questioned why the gator was killed and not treated or moved to a new location. It’s a question trappers often receive: Why kill and not relocate?
Johnson said the wildlife commission believes killing alligators is the best solution. The nuisance alligator website states relocated alligators are likely to return to their capture site — and they’re harder to catch a second time.Relocating alligators can come at a cost to trappers. They are paid $30 by the wildlife commission’s program for each capture they successfully make.
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