On Monday, a massive 400-pound, 11-foot-long alligator was spotted strolling through a neighborhood in Katy, Texas, and had to be captured and tied when locals contacted the police in terror.
At 7:40 a.m. on Monday, local dispatch received calls concerning the gator and dispatched Texas Parks and Wildlife services to deal with the enormous animal.
Authorities discovered the reptile wandering through the grass near Buffalo Bayou, then tied and transported it after tying it up.
A video of the alligator before it was captured shows it strolling slowly across the grass adjacent to a large residential wall, which may explain why the neighbors were so frightened.
On the morning of September 12, the enormous alligator was initially spotted strolling through a residential area in Katy, Texas.
A professional trapper straddled the animal and tied it up after authorities responded swiftly to concerns from anxious locals.
As the alligator weighed about a quarter-ton, the police utilized a tow truck to safely hoist it into the air once it was safely secured.
This morning, at around 7:40 a.m., dispatch got reports that an alligator was wandering along Peek Road approximately 50 to 60 yards south of Buffalo Bayou, according to Constable Chad Norvell.
He was taken by licensed Texas Parks and Wildlife trappers and is being sent to a sanctuary near El Campo.
The arrest of the alligator, which took three hours, was captured on camera, showing trappers and police officers using ropes to bind the animal.
One cop uses a nearby tree to assist in roping in the reptile, while another trapper jumps on top of it to tie the arms and secure the mouth.
The gator repeatedly attempts to execute a ‘death roll,’ which is often used to disorient and tear apart prey but can also be performed as a defensive maneuver.
Once the gator was safely tied, authorities utilized a tow truck to hoist it into the air and place it in the bed of a red pickup.
The colossal reptile was subsequently taken to Gator Country, a reptile sanctuary that houses “nuisance gators,” or gators that have been captured in residential communities.
According to its website, the sanctuary includes around 450 reptiles and is “the only sanctuary for nuisance alligators to exist in Texas.”
The big reptile was taken safely to Gator Country, a reptile sanctuary and amusement park in Texas that accepts alligators that have been surrendered following disturbances.
Gator Country is home to more than 450 reptiles and performs both informative and dangerous feeding events when enormous alligators are fed in front of a crowd.
Last week in Brevard County, Florida, a peculiar image posted on social media appears to show an alligator attached to the tailgate of an SUV.
On a Florida roadway, a giant 11-foot gator was sighted tied to the back of a car only days before the astonishing videos were captured.
This specific animal appears to have been hunted during Florida’s yearly alligator hunting season, during which licensed hunters are able to harvest gators.
Each year, over 5,000 persons apply for a total of 7,000 permits to hunt gators ranging in length from roughly three to fourteen feet.
Wildlife scientists believe that Florida is home to 1,3 million alligators of various sizes, whereas Texas has only 400 million.
In the United States, fatal alligator attacks are uncommon, occurring on average once a year.