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Family's Dog Eaten By Alligator After Chasing Ducks To Pond
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| 4/29/05
Posted on 04/29/2005 4:22:59 AM PDT by KidGlock
Family's Dog Eaten By Alligator After Chasing Ducks To Pond
POSTED: 7:12 am EDT April 29, 2005 UPDATED: 7:16 am EDT April 29, 2005
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- An Orange County family is devastated after one of their dogs was attacked and killed by an alligator on Thursday.
R.J. Trudell opened the door of his Hunter's Creek home to feed some ducks in the yard. Gizmo, one of the Trudell's Jack Russell terriers, darted out the door and ran after the ducks, chasing them into the pond.
That's when an alligator grabbed him.
"The first thing I yelled was, 'Kathy, get a towel, because Gizmo's gonna be wet.' It didn't even come to my mind that there was even the gator there or didn't even notice him," explained Trudell.
Nuisance Control came out to the Trudell's home after the attack. They trapped the five and a half foot gator and killed it.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: tasteslikechicken
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To: KidGlock
Ducks were the gator's touts
81
posted on
04/29/2005 6:07:52 AM PDT
by
dennisw
(2ยข plain)
To: MojoWire
gators are easily coaxed to the bank by a small dog barking..you can also tether a young goat or sheep next to the bank and it's bleating will call the gator to dinner.
Course the gator ends up as a belt and wallet and Dinner!!!!
To: RightOnline
You can never be 100% sure.
83
posted on
04/29/2005 6:12:12 AM PDT
by
Big Horn
(We need more Tom DeLay's)
To: Puddleglum
"You would not believe how many one-legged ducks I've seen."
So, a duck walks into a bar with a wooden leg...........
84
posted on
04/29/2005 6:12:45 AM PDT
by
Lockbar
(March toward the sound of the guns.)
To: hershey
I have 2 of the little rascals-wonderful pets.They think they weigh 300 lbs. are absolutely fearless (and stubborn) due to their badger hunting instincts. Dachshunds = death from the ankles down.
85
posted on
04/29/2005 6:22:27 AM PDT
by
Apercu
("Rep ipsa loquitor")
To: samtheman
"preference" probably doesn't play a big role in the workings of a reptilian brain. More like: "big splash, warm thing, moving, crunch, gulp, wait, maybe more coming". The thought processes are likely the same whether it's a duck, a dog, or a toddler, so screw PETA and the EPA and shoot the damn lizard.
86
posted on
04/29/2005 6:29:35 AM PDT
by
katana
To: 6SJ7
To: samtheman
Must have been a Korean alligator.
88
posted on
04/29/2005 8:19:54 AM PDT
by
glorgau
To: KidGlock
Don't you hate that when that happens.
89
posted on
04/29/2005 8:20:40 AM PDT
by
dts32041
(Two words that shouldn't be used in the same sentence Grizzly bear and violate.)
To: oh8eleven
Florida - the Death State. ;-)
90
posted on
04/29/2005 8:23:16 AM PDT
by
verity
(A mindset is an antidote to logic.)
To: KidGlock
That's when an alligator grabbed him. A conspiracy between the Gator and the Ducks.
To: MojoWire
Don't worry, I got it and it was funny!
92
posted on
04/29/2005 8:47:55 AM PDT
by
WV Mountain Mama
(OK people, the phrase is I could NOT care less, not I could care less. Get it right!!)
To: verity
Florida - the Death State
Hurricanes, alligators, murdering pedophiles, forced starvation ....
To: Fresh Wind
Forgive me, but I have grown sick of the cat haters on FR advocating all sorts of evil treatment of cats Naw, you got us all wrong. Me? I love cats -- they make fantastic bait when trolling for gators. ;-)
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posted on
04/29/2005 11:36:45 AM PDT
by
TexasRepublic
(BALLISTIC CATHARSIS: perforating uncooperative objects with chunks of lead)
To: Fresh Wind
"Dog. The other white meat."
Yuh, it tastes like chicken.
95
posted on
04/29/2005 11:39:14 AM PDT
by
JoeV1
(Democrat Party-The unlawful and corrupt leading the blind and uneducated)
To: cyborg
Why kill the alligator for doing what it does naturally? To make a pair of shoes...
Hush Puppies[budda-boom]
96
posted on
04/29/2005 11:43:32 AM PDT
by
Snardius
To: KidGlock
"The first thing I yelled was, 'Kathy, get a towel, because Gizmo's gonna be wet.' Shoulda been "Kathy, get a trowel, because Gizmo's gonna be et."
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posted on
04/29/2005 11:46:29 AM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
(Objects in this tagline are closer than they appear.)
To: Dog Gone
Gator's gonna make a doggone nice suitcase and shoes for somebody.
To: oh8eleven
Florida - the Death State Hurricanes, alligators, murdering pedophiles, forced starvation .... Yup. With all the damn problems down here you figure the Northerners would give up coming and move to Arizona or Texas.
No such luck, unfortunately.
99
posted on
04/29/2005 11:51:53 AM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(In God We Trust. All Others We Monitor.)
To: Paulus
Why did the gator have to be killed? Because they're pests. Rats with scaly tails.
Dogs are lost every year. The smarter gators hang out near the shore waiting for something to come into the water.
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posted on
04/29/2005 11:53:38 AM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(In God We Trust. All Others We Monitor.)
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