Posted on 08/01/2024 12:28:08 PM PDT by Red Badger
Robert Colin, of Cape Canaveral, faces felony charge
Composite image of photographs taken by Robert Colin showing the alligator he's accused of tying to a handrail in Cape Canaveral. (Copyright 2024 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.)
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A 71-year-old Florida man faces a felony charge after deputies say he lassoed an alligator by its upper jaw and left it tied to a handrail above a canal Wednesday morning in Cape Canaveral.
Robert Colin, 71, of Cape Canaveral, called deputies to the scene around 7:30 a.m. in the area of West Central Boulevard and Oak Manor Drive, where he claimed that he found the gator tied up before he proceeded to leave.
However, investigators pointed to video that allegedly shows Colin using a nylon rope to create a loop that he used to “lasso” the alligator, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Photo courtesy: Brevard County Sheriff's Office (Brevard County Sheriff's Office)
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Colin’s intention was to capture and remove the alligator from the canal near the intersection, said investigators, who noted that he is not a licensed trapper and did not possess any proper licensing or permits to legally remove or attempt to remove an alligator.
According to a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office, the alligator had to be euthanized.
Colin was arrested at his home and booked around noon that day on a charge of illegal killing, possessing or capturing of alligators. He was being held on a $2,500 bond, records show. His first appearance in court was scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
Gator + Florida Man Ping!....................
Always call the game warden dudes. Let them get the job done so you don’t have to go to jail unnecessarily.
In Florida, you do not mess with the gators unless you have a license and tags.......
Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission
Statewide Alligator Hunt Permit
A Statewide Alligator Hunt Permit is a type of limited entry permit required to participate in the Statewide Alligator Harvest Program. The Statewide Alligator Hunt is a highly sought after limited entry hunt; there are often more than 15,000 applicants that will apply for approximately 7,000 permits.
Each successful statewide alligator hunt applicant will receive an Alligator Trapping License, an area specific harvest permit, and two CITES tags, authorizing the holder to harvest two alligators. The harvest areas and hunt dates are specific for each permit, and the permit specifies the boundaries or limitations of the harvest area. The statewide alligator hunting season begins on August 15 and ends on November 1. The first four weeks of the season are divided into four quota weeks, and each permit is assigned one of those weeks.
Applicants who are awarded a Statewide Alligator Hunt permit will be charged automatically. The Alligator Trapping License/Permit and two CITES tags will be mailed to the successful applicants within six weeks of purchase.
A Florida hunting or fishing license is not required to participate in the statewide alligator hunt.
Almost makes you want government and society to collapse...
This is why we are up to our eyeballs in alligators..............
After all they are the ‘King’s gators’. /S
When we were in Crystal River in June, our tour guide told us he is also a licensed alligator tagger. I think he can do that job all year, because he was telling us how a lady complained that her dog was missing. So she called the wildlife folks and he met her. She told him there were dozens of alligators near her yard. How would they find the guilty one? He said, you hold the flashlight while I make some noise. Then all the gators went underwater except one, so he captured that one and tagged him. He said there’s a special procedure he has to go through. He can only get one tag at a time. Anyway, they euthanized him and found the dead doggy inside of him.
Gators are nothing to mess with. Call the professionals.
Why did he do it?
Was the gator left tied up for the trapper to quickly and humanely put down with a bang stick, or was the gator released and the trapper had to use a snatch hook to painfully snag the gator and fight it to the shore before putting it down?
Probably thought he was doing a good deed for the community..................
They never arrest the alligators for felonies.
like the time we tried to take a wounded bird to the seabird “sanctuary” and ignited a federal investigation.
There are 1,250,000 gators in Florida.
To prevent gator eating pets or children ?
I flew out of Orlando Airport (MCO) last week and was surprised at the number of alligators in the ponds around the airport. They were pretty big as I could easily see them from the plane.
I always thought alligators were a bit more robust.
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