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This is my neighborhood and I'm glad this sucker is dead.

I agree. I have to deal with them too and they're a big danger to my dogs.

That said, there is a right way and a wrong way to do things. The issue here isn't the removal and destruction of the nuisance gator. That's a done deal. The issue is the improper and decidedly unprofessional method used by the game warden.

If the alligator had to be destroyed, so be it. I would think they would have tried to relocate it, though. Dragging the gator on its belly was wrong. If the game warden couldn't handle the gator, he should have called for back-up and waited--and told the soccer moms to round up their kids, dogs and cats and get off the street.

I'm not a PETA freak, but I will tell you (as a former wildlife biology major) that some game wardens can show depraved indifference to animal life--I know, because I witnessed it firsthand. That's one of the reasons I changed majors from wildlife biology to engineering.