Fla. man who lost hand charged with feeding gator

Associated Press ^ | July 29, 2012

[Free ThinkerNY]

EVERGLADES CITY, Fla. (AP) -- A Florida airboat captain whose hand was bitten off by a 9-foot alligator faces charges of feeding of the animal.

Collier County Jail records show 63-year-old Wallace Weatherholt was charged Friday with unlawful feeding of an alligator and later posted $1,000 bond. His next court date is Aug. 22.

[null and void]

Stooopid should hurt.

[null and void]

named him after a Man of the Cloth, called him Amos Moses...

[newheart]

Good grief. There are some offenses that contain their own punishment. Obviously this was one. For the government to step in with charges and a fine is merely about greed.

[Jonty30]

This is a fair and reasonable charge, if he was feeding it. We don’t need 1,000 lb gators to think they can saddle up beside people because people have food.

Sorry he lost his hand, but it’s not the within the sphere of the law to give consideration to given consequences as proper punishment.

[layman]

unlawful feeding of an alligator

Note to self ... do not feed your hand to alligators ... it's against the law.

[mamelukesabre]

Are they charging him because he fed his hand to the aligator? Or are they charging him because he was feeding something else to the alligator when his hand was bit off?

[cubreporter]

If it is against the law to feed an aligator, why did they have to hunt it down and kill it????

[cubreporter]

If it is against the law to feed an aligator, why did they have to hunt it down and kill it????

[EGPWS]

Collier County Jail records show 63-year-old Wallace Weatherholt was charged Friday with unlawful feeding of an alligator and later posted $1,000 bond.

Hasn't he paid enough for his stupidity?

[DefeatCorruption]

Always sorry to read about an animal hunted down and killed for simply doing what it’s supposed to be doing in it’s own territory. Too bad the man lost his hand, but he should have known better.

[null and void]

Good grief. There are some offenses that contain their own punishment.

Yep, OTOH, he was dangling a fish in the water to attract the gator for the tourists in his boat.

[radioactivereb]

Thats heavy handed

[microgood]

Sorry he lost his hand, but it’s not the within the sphere of the law to give consideration to given consequences as proper punishment.

True. All common sense and logic left our criminal justice system two or three generations ago. That is why the current generation has 5 times the number of people incarcerated as any other generation in human history.

I just wish I did not have to contribute (in taxes) to the current insanity that is our justice system.

[luvbach1]

Did he feed the gator his hand or a chicken?

[Sacajaweau]

Reminds me of an old story called “Purse and Boots”.

[AU72]

The Gator thought he was getting a free lunch at Hand Fil A.

[ClearCase_guy]

A second offense carries even more severe penalties.
And if he does it a third time ... well, he probably couldn't.

[Bon mots]

I think he learned his lesson, but the oppressive police state cannot resist the opportunity to make some revenue out of any situation, especially when a civilian makes a foolish mistake.

The Florida authorities should be able to cash in nicely on a stupidass that nobody feels sorry for.

The jackbooted highwaymen will make him pay. Everybody pays.

Somehow going after more of this man’s money is ‘good’ for our society?
The state is corrupt, money grubbing and shameful.

[VMI70]

Bump!