NewsSarasota, Manatee County

Actions

500+ pound gator relocated from private property in Parrish

huge gator.jpg
Posted at 2:41 PM, Dec 20, 2018
and last updated 2018-12-20 20:23:07-05

PARRISH, Fla. — An enormous alligator was removed from a property in Parrish Wednesday.

The owner of Myakka's Gold Apiary, James Cutway, worked with a trapper to catch the reptile.

The alligator was 12-feet long and weighed more than 500 pounds!

ALLIGATORS IN FLORIDA: THE CRAZIEST GATOR PHOTOS & STORIES OF 2017

85-year-old man bitten by alligator at Lakeland retirement community

They found it on a private piece of property while a maintenance project was going on.

The animal was not killed, but instead taken to a farm on the east coast.

This particular trapper typically relocates gators rather than kill them.