An alligator that swam with a long knife stuck in its head in a lake in Volusia County on the east coast of Florida, was captured and euthanized due to the incurable injuries it suffered, according to the media released on Monday
The photos of the reptile with a long-bladed knife stuck in its head circulated through several social network profiles, for which agents of the Commission for the Conservation of Fisheries became aware and Fauna (FWC), which immediately launched an investigation.
As a result, the FWC officers captured the alligator in a pond in the city of Deltona and later euthanized him, since the injuries caused were fatal, according to the local News 6 channel. .
The FWC continues to investigate the case to locate the person who stabbed the alligator in the head, but it is presumed that it could have been an attack in defense or for fear of being hurt by the animal .
Altercations with alligators in Florida
Although the FWC assures that the attacks of crocodiles or alligators in Florida against humans are extremely rare, there are several things in which interaction with these animals is fatal.
Such is the case on a golf course in glewood last 16 July, where an elderly woman died after falling into an alligator pond.
Alligators and crocodiles in Florida are protected animals that can only be acted upon when there is imminent risk to human life.
Florida has a population of about 1.3 million alligators of all sizes, thanks to a successful program that decades ago managed to get them out of danger of extinction in this territory of the southeastern United States.
Of According to data from the FWC on the interaction between humans and alligators, since 20 more than and 20 documented cases of death of people due to attacks by these reptiles in Florida.
The FWC says that warm weather means Florida’s state reptile, the American alligator, is more active and visible. It’s also when people enjoy the outdoors with their pets.
To help keep people and pets safer when they spend time around water, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) offers several tips to reduce the risk of an alligator conflict .
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