The alligator was euthanized, in accordance with advice from a biologist from the wildlife section of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, as well as a contracted alligator removal service, police said. The incident remains under investigation. Last year, an alligator attacked a woman...
Man awarded prestigious Carnegie Medal for saving 73-year-old woman from alligator attack April 5, 2022 / 7:51 AM EDT/ CBS/AP A man who jumped into a South Carolina lagoon and saved his 73-year-old neighbor from a 10-foot alligator in July 2020 was recently awarded the presti...
Attack of the Atomic AlligatorPresents a photograph that features an alligator that is being measured for the amount of radiation inside its body due to a nuclear contamination at the Savannah River Site from a nuclear weapons laboratory in ...
MORE: 88-year-old woman was gardening when attacked, killed by alligator In August, an 88-year-old woman was killed in an apparent alligator attack in South Carolina when she was gardening near a pond in Sun City Hilton Head, an adult-only community, and slipped in, according to the Bea...
Sheriff: Alligator Attack Suspected in Florida Woman's Death More VALRICO, Fla. (AP) — An alligator apparently attacked a woman whose body was found in a retention pond near Tampa, sheriff's officials said. Hillsborough County Sheriff's deputies found the woman's body in a pond Sunday...
Jeffrey Heim:There’s a reason why this river is now illegal to dive in, for not just the alligators. It’s considered a scenic river. And it’s now they’re enforcing it more because of, I guess, the attention that I drew to it from this attack, but less people are willing to ...
When alligators attack it is usually because they feel threatened or perceive the human as a danger to eggs or young, but alligators can also attack because they mistake the human for a much smaller prey. In some areas alligators are fed by humans, a practise that undermines the animal's ...
South Carolina - Banned pets: coyote, wolf, tiger, lion, non-native bear, great ape Until this year, South Carolina was one of five states across the country with no restrictions on owning wild animals. On Jan. 1, 2018, a new law made it illegal to own large cats, apes, or non-na...
American alligators are found in the southeast United States: all of Florida and Louisiana; the southern parts of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi; coastal South and North Carolina; East Texas, the southeast corner of Oklahoma, and the southern tip of Arkansas. Louisiana has the largest alligator...
Woman killed in South Carolina alligator attack A 69-year-old woman was killed while walking her dog near a golf course lagoon in South Carolina Tuesday. The dog was later found safe. Jul 4, 2023 00:20 Alligator attacks and kills woman walking her dog in South Carolina The incident...