A 14 year-old attacked by an alligator in Port Charlotte

Florida Fish and Wildlife warning people of alligator attacks

COORDINATED MORE THAN 13-HUNDREDTROOPERS TO SUPPORT LOCAL LAWENFORCEMENT EFFORTS.NEW TONIGH━A FRIGHTENINGMOMENT..

A 14-YEAR-OLD BOYATTACKED BY AN ALLIGATOR WHILEWALKING NEAR A POND IN CHARLOTTECOUNTY.FOX 4’S MIANA MASSEY SPOKE WITHFIRST RESPONDERS WHO SAY THETEEN HAS SINCE BEEN TRANSPORTEDTO A HOSPITAL IN TAMPA.CHARLOTTE COUNTY FIRE AND EMSSAY THEY WERE ALERTED THISAFTERNOON OF AN ALLIGATOR ATTACKAT A POND IN PLACIDA"The boy and his mother werehere with their two dogs and sothey were just enjoying theweather with their two dogs andplaying near the shore linethere"FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE SAYTHE NEARLY 10 FOOT ALLIGATOR BITTHE TEEN ON HIS LEG AND HANDHE HAS SINCE BEEN TRANSPORTED TOTAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL.

F-W-CQUICKLY CALLED IN TRAPPERS TOCATCH THE GATOR."the alligator will be removedand taken to an alligator farmin glades county"ALLIGATORS ARE FOUND IN ALL 67FLORIDA COUNTIES AND F-W-C HAS AWARNING."if you’re anywhere near anybody of water in the state offlorida there’s probably goingto be an alligator near by"LIVING IN MARSHES, SWAMPRIVERS, AND LAKES FOR CENTURIES"its common sense, everybodyknows..Florida water gators"FWC SAYS ALLIGATOR AND HUMANINTERACTIONS HAVE BECOME MOREFREQUENT AND ITS BEST TO SHYAWAY FROM AREA WHERE GATORS MAYBE LURKING"its very unfortunate for theyoung boy but we all know not togo near the water"NEIGHBOR PETER IDE ENCOURAGESPEOPLE TO BE MORE VIGILANT"keep pets away, keep humansaway, its their territory"FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE ALSORECOMMENDS.."we don’t want anyone to feed orentice or molest an alligator inanyway, we don’t want to createa conflict where there is noconflict there"THE TEEN SUFFERED AN OPENFRACTURE TO THE LEG, CHARLOTTECOUNTY FIRE AND EMS SAY HISINJURIES DO NOT SEEM TO BE