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Deputies help catch 4-meter gator at Florida park

July 09, 2018
This photo, released by the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, shows deputies and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission personnel posing with a gargantuan gator caught in Shamrock Park in Venice, Florida on Monday.
This photo, released by the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, shows deputies and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission personnel posing with a gargantuan gator caught in Shamrock Park in Venice, Florida on Monday.



ORLANDO - A Florida sheriff's office said a 4-meter (13-foot) alligator found in a public park might be the largest the agency has ever helped catch. The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office posted a photo to Facebook showing deputies and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission personnel posing with the gargantuan gator. The sheriff's office said Animal Services Supervisor Carl Sellitti, Sgt. Tim Bauer and Deputy Rob Lowen responded to Shamrock Park in Venice on Monday on a report of a large alligator wandering the park. Sellitti, Bauder and Lowen helped contain the reptile until FWC officers and a professional trapper arrived to haul it away. Sellitti, a 20-year veteran of the sheriff's office, said the alligator may be the largest ever captured in the county. - Agencies


July 09, 2018
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