[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by tomwed

I wonder how removing all the alligators would impact the ecosystem. They are not an endangered species. Maybe they are in the everglades but that due to water pollution. If they live elsewhere that's better than being hunted one at a time. Maybe more people would look for golf balls and that's not good.

In south jersey where I'm from the squirrel population where people live is far greater than deeper in the woods where there are more snakes.

I'm not sure where I stand on this topic.

When I lived in Florida back int he 80s, alligators were an endangered species. Hunting them was banned for several years. After a period of time, they flourished and became a nuisance so alligator hunting was brought back. I don't think that they are anywhere near being endangered now. Florida Fish and Game is managing the gator population just fine these days.

[firewalkerb3]

So would I like to know who and when. It was not an authorized removal.

[Walter123]

Originally Posted by mulligan

I would bet the gator was not trapped for attacking a duck. That's what they do. But rather for losing his fear of people and getting too close to people near the water. He will be killed for meat and hide.

Come on, how is going to hide if he is killed?

[Jima64]

Originally Posted by gerryann

That's very interesting and I'm happy to hear that the ones you removed were saved. I wonder who it was that removed the "duck eater"? Still irritates me that it was removed at all since it was only having a meal and showed absolutely no aggression.. I hate that some folks move here, but don't want to share it with the natural habitat.

Thanks for relocating gators and not destroying them. I lived in a county recently that had a bounty on them and they were constantly destroyed.

Thanks for your service.

I wonder what happens when the ducks get so abundant they start pooping on the lawns while feeding? Doubt if the removing or hunting of a few gators every year knocks down the population that much.

[Jima64]

Originally Posted by jblum315

One side benefit is when you see ducks swimming around there ain't no alligator

At least not a hungry one for the time being.

[Jima64]

Originally Posted by tomwed

If you ask me that duck was asking for trouble.

Turtles are a bigproblem for ducks also. They latch on and drown the ducks then eat them. Of course fido is safe from them. Too slow.

[Gerald]

I saw a duck fighting with a gator. The duck won. I want to know when will they set traps to get these dangerous ducks out of here.

[tomwed]

It's a little off topic but yesterday it was raining cats and dogs and I stepped in a poodle.

[Sandtrap328]

Originally Posted by tomwed

It's a little off topic but yesterday it was raining cats and dogs and I stepped in a poodle.

You could get back on topic if had said you were wearing Crocs.

[JP]

I saw a hawk kill a mockingbird today. I guess they should trap the hawk. NOT! Animals eat other animals. It is just the way it is. Sure, ducks are cute but if they weren't being killed and eaten by other animals, there would be way to many of them. It's just part of the balance of nature. On a darker note, nobody is killing and eating humans. We have overpopulated the planet and are ruining it.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by tomwed

It's a little off topic but yesterday it was raining cats and dogs and I stepped in a poodle.

Originally Posted by Sandtrap328

You could get back on topic if had said you were wearing Crocs.

Good one Sandtrap.

[rubicon]

Originally Posted by tomwed

It's a little off topic but yesterday it was raining cats and dogs and I stepped in a poodle.

Well I'll stay with the message and tell everyone that I hate to rain on their parade but pelicans eat baby ducks.

The reaction concerning the guy that shot a lion in Africa demonstrates how far people in this country are removed from the realities of life. Sarah Palin's hunt for a moose killing and skinning it on TV caused an uproar and so did a show that sent teens to fend for themselves as they killed and plucked a chicken.

Geezzz

[Vic&Judy]

Were any rights violated here?? What was the ethnicity of the duck? Religious persuasion??? Was the duck gay? Transgender perhaps???

We could be looking at a civil rights case or a hate crime here.

[duhbear]

Originally Posted by jblum315

One side benefit is when you see ducks swimming around there ain't no alligator

But beware of the treacherous "judas" ducks in the employ of the sly alligators!

[Jima64]

Originally Posted by tomwed

It's a little off topic but yesterday it was raining cats and dogs and I stepped in a poodle.

That is so funny Tom.