This [censored] happens to me ALL the time.
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/06/02/Police-shoot-concrete-alligator/UPI-87181307039236/

But don't you realize that the gun collections of those trigger happy rednecks are what's gonna contribute to 90% of your arsenal once the zombie apocalypse starts??
Hell, I'm all for trigger happy rednecks. Or their gun collections at least.. and hopefully ample medipacks.. and chainsaws..





sorry, nothing really serious to contribute here.. although a farmer once shot his tractor after it died on him on a back road couple year back.. said he would've done the same if it was a horse.. :shrug:

Just pray for trigger happy rednecks don't 'shoot first, ask later'. Best hope they don't think your a zombie (Zombieland anyone? xD)

I bloody love the picture and subtitle. Hilarious.

Odd how a conservation society would council killing an animal instead of trying to alert a zoo or wildlife type of place to try to get the animal somewhere safe.

They probably had signs up to give the 'gator a fair warning if it left.

PETCA is gonna be on that police officers ass soon....

To be fair, real alligators don't tend to move very much making this fake one very hard to distinguish from a real one. Honestly I don't know what the correct course of action is in a situation like this. They saw an alligator, they were advised to shoot it and that's exactly what they did.

Alligators make look slow, but they move fast. They can also eat you.
http://www.news4jax.com/news/28094763/detail.html
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/fl-boy-drag-gator-home-20110526,0,155212.story

Well, yes, I know, but, unless I am mistaken, there are people trained for that sort of thing, right? Croc and gator wranglers? Admittedly, we don't get many gators (read: none) in the Arizona desert running wild, so my knowledge is a bit sketchy at best. It just seemed odd since the gator had not eaten anybody. :shrug:

Wrangling a gator is still a very dangerous method of capture. Killing it on sight gets the job done while putting people at minimum risk. (the risk of being near gators)

Okay, I concede. Of course, then it makes training people to do that a waste of time if they're just going to shoot them anyway. Tranquilizers and what not. Meh, whatever.

Not an animal rights activist, just thinking out loud. On a keyboard. That clicks loudly.

i bet the kids who saw the alligator were part of the groups who trespass into the lake/pool that the alligator was in

as far as alligator wrangling is concerned, if they are no where near a safe haven to move the alligator to then it would likely cost too much to have the gator moved to a proper location

aww damn, too bad it wasnt real cuz there would have been some good eating that day

Alligators and salt water crocodiles in Florida do not have to eat anyone or their pets to be considered a nuiscance. Because children and pets have been snatched off of docks and waterfront property, the prescence of a gator or crocodile in an urban area can be considered a menace. Size is also a factor. It is also against the law in many Florida counties to feed or posess alligators or crocodilians (naturally, zoos, reasearch centers, and reptile farms have permits). Otherwise, these animals that have survived eons will associate humans with food. There are hunters liscenced to trap and euthanize large and or dangerous gators, as well as annula hunts, since the alligator rebounded from the threatened list. Smaller gators are often tagged and released.

Sadly, human encroachment into formerly wild areas has reduced available territory, not just for alligators, but for deer, panthers, black bears, and many birds. It is quite common to see falcons, hawks, kites, eagles, racoons and opossums in urban areas, as well.

I wish they would have shown a picture of the fake one.

That's terrible, why would you even suggest such a morbid thing? I, for one, will gladly do without the image of lawn ornament brutality burned into my retinas.

http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2009/2/7/128785474038797857.jpg

:rofl:

Or when another country tries to invade us! :tongue:

but back on topic.. that is friggin awesome. I bet those officers are never going to live this one down.