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- The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office posted the photo on social media showing the reptile captured inside Shamrock Park, located in Venice.
State and local officials made quite the capture near Sarasota over the weekend – a 13 foot alligator inside a park.
The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office posted the photo on social media showing the reptile captured inside Shamrock Park, located in Venice.
Deputies assisted in the capture along with officials from the county’s animal services department and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
The summer months have seen a rise in the number of gators being captured and incidents involving the reptiles – including a woman who was dragged into a Davie lake and killed by one while walking her dogs last month.
