During wrestling shows, alligators are roughly treated and intentionally provoked in order to entertain a crowd. The show begins when an alligator is dragged by the tail into the center of a ring. This can cut off circulation to the brain, and the show ends with the overturned alligator losing consciousness. In May , a wrestler was bitten by an alligator during a show in New Port Richey the man required 36 staples and 23 stitches to close severe wounds on his arm and hand.
In video of the incident, the wrestler is shown pulling the alligator around a ring by the tail, and prodding the alligator with a stick. In an interview with the St. Petersburg Times following the incident, the wrestler explained that without a display of aggression from alligators during a show, the audience loses interest. Ask friends and family members visiting Florida to do the same. After decades as a roadside attraction in Florida, alligator wrestling is becoming less common.
Please write to the following attractions where alligator wrestling can still be witnessed and urge them to discontinue the cruel spectacle. Alligator hunters may give alligator parts to anyone for personal use. Any alligator parts or containers enclosing alligator parts must be tagged with the name, address, date, hide tag number, and the license number of the person donating the alligator part s.
This information must remain affixed until the part s has been stored at the domicile of the person receiving the parts. In addition, an alligator transaction parts form must be submitted to LDWF by the end of the calendar year if any parts transaction has taken place. A hunter needing an inspection should contact their regional LDWF office , or the office that issued their license and tags, in advance to schedule the inspection. LDWF biologists have marked many alligators for research purposes.
Some of these were caught in the wild, and some were released to the wild from commercial farms. These alligators have one or more notches cut out of the tail scutes and two metal tags in the webbing between the toes usually on the back feet. If you capture a marked research alligator, record the tag number usually 6 digits as well as the length, tail notch es , and sex of the alligator.
Submit this information on a form provided by LDWF. Reporting information from tagged alligators is important—this information allows biologists to follow the movement, growth, and survival of alligators and informs management for continued harvests.
Note that sometimes the tag is lost as the alligator grows, but the information from the tail notch still lets biologists know what year the alligator was marked. For general information, email laalligatorprogram wlf. If you have questions about harvesting alligators on private lands what is considered alligator habitat, if your property qualifies for alligator tags, etc. See contact information below. Hunting menu. Estimated Deer Breeding Periods.
Seasons and Regulations Research and Management. Fur Advisory Council. Alligator Hunting. Alligator Harvest Tags for Private Lands LDWF issues alligator harvest tags for private lands containing sufficient wetland habitat capable of sustaining an alligator harvest. To apply, you must submit the following: A completed alligator hunter license application form Proof of property ownership tax receipts or bill of sale containing parish, township, range, section, and acreage A map outlining the property to be hunted The landowner's signature indicating permission for the hunter to harvest alligators on the property If applicable, a legal alligator hunting lease may be submitted.
Lottery Alligator Harvest Seasons Louisiana is divided into east and west alligator hunting zones. Alligator Zone Map Hunting Hours Alligators may be harvested between official sunrise and sunset only.
Harvest and Size Limits The daily and season quota is equal to the number of alligator harvest tags that a licensed alligator hunter possesses. Then you can harvest as many gators as you want, they are on your property, after all. Distractify is a registered trademark. All Rights Reserved. People may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice.
But what do they do with the alligators after killing them? Article continues below advertisement. The 'Swamp People' must obtain tags and licenses to kill alligators. Pitre pulls the alligator over the side of the boat and lays it on the bottom. Then he sticks his knife through the end of its tail and slides a yellow plastic tag through it.
He calls the recovery of the species a classic wildlife success story. People started hunting them again, and found it profitable. Louisiana alligator skins were shipped across the world for high-end fashion designers to make into expensive jackets and purses.
But over the past couple of years, things have taken a downturn. Linscombe and other experts say an oversupply of crocodilian skins from foreign markets, especially in Asia, Africa, and Australia, have driven down prices for Louisiana alligator skin. Linscombe say that means fewer people are out hunting, resulting in a below-average alligator harvest this year and last.
Some tanneries are starting direct marketing campaigns, by trying to drum up demand for wild Louisiana alligator skin for high-end fashion designers in New York and Italy.
Some hunters are becoming hunting guides - taking other people out, for money, instead of hunting themselves.
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