The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is investigating after a 13-year-old girl was bitten by an alligator near a Hardee County boat ramp on Sunday.
FWC said it was called to the scene near the Gardner Boat Ramp in Zolfo Springs at 2:30 p.m.
The teenager was taken to the hospital with injuries but is stable, FWC said. A contracted nuisance alligator trapper was dispatched to the scene.
No other information has been released at this time.
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