[RooRoobird14]

Well, go ahead and flame away--I don't think any animal should be dragged behind a truck. You'd think the game warden would have come more prepared to handle the alligator--it's not like he was called out to remove a baby duck, you know.

[Paul C. Jesup]

You have no idea on how dangerious a alligator can be.

[proud_2_B_texasgal]

I grew up in Florida. 9 foot alligators are not all that uncommon there. And we grew up learning to respect them for critters they are. There is a 'proper' humane way to handle a gator.

Once the gator was secured, it's just a matter of waiting for someone who knew how to handle one to come do it. It would appear that this warden was either unschooled in handling this problem, or didn't want to take the time to gather the proper help.

Either way, the gator would probably still be dead, but it wouldn't have that ugly, macho, trigger-happy feel about it.

[xm177e2]

I don't think any animal should be dragged behind a truck

Any live animal, at least. A dead one would not be such a big deal.