Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Neighbors upset after gator eats cat in Palm Bay

photoPALM BAY, Fla. (AP) — A Palm Bay neighborhood is on high alert after a large alligator ate a cat.
Seventy-year-old Robert Geraci was browsing the Internet and sipping coffee Tuesday morning when he heard loud splashing in the canal behind his mobile home park. Geraci looked out and saw the cat in the gator's mouth.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials went to the scene Tuesday and agreed to send a trapper to catch the alligator. Gators larger than 4-feet are destroyed and the trapper gets to keep the meat and hide.
Meantime, Geraci is warning neighbors to be careful with pets around the water...Read Here


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