Animal Crackers

[TDHeysus]

He sounds a little misunderstood. You probably didn't give him enough positive reinforcement growing up. Instead of log chains, did you ever try time outs?

Misunderstood for sure....maybe he just needed a hug

 

[Irish YJ]

Misunderstood for sure....maybe he just needed a hug

Sounds like that's all he wanted from Bish, but Bish lacked the warmth to create and foster a personal relationship. Personally I think the whole bull / tree narrative is overblown. We all know the tree had to do something to create the skirmish. Sounds like the poor bull was simply emotionally damaged, probably because of emotional abandonment, and maybe a little bit of PTSD from Bish trying to run him over with the truck and tractors.

 

[Irish#1]

Just the fifth time since the 1800's that a person has been killed by feral hogs.

Feral hogs in Texas attacked and killed a woman outside a home

CNN)A Texas woman was found dead after pre-dawn attack by a group of feral hogs outside a home, the Chambers County sheriff said.

Christine Rollins, a 59-year old caregiver to an elderly couple in Anahuac, failed to show up at her normal time on Sunday, the sheriff's office said. The 84-year-old homeowner found her lying in the front yard between her car and the house.

Sheriff Brian Hawthorne said in a news conference Monday that "multiple hogs" assaulted Rollins when she arrived at work, likely between 6 and 6:30 a.m., when it was still dark outside. "In my 35 years, I will tell you it's one of the worst things I've ever seen," Hawthorne told reporters.

Jefferson County Medical Examiner Selly Rivers determined Rollins was attacked by different hogs because of the various size of the bites on her body, Hawthorne said.
Mature feral hogs can weigh between 100 and 400 pounds, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

The sheriff noted feral hogs are a problem across Texas, but attacks are rare. CNN affiliate KTRK spoke to neighbors who said they have complained recently about wild hogs in the area.

 

[Irish#1]

Anyone care for snake for dinner?

https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/north-carolina-family-frozen-pizza-snake

North Carolina family cooks frozen pizza, accidentally bakes snake: 'I pulled that crispy critter out'

Snake: It’s apparently what’s for dinner.

A North Carolina family planning on a simple meal of frozen pizza at their Wake Forest home instead had their night ruined by a snake that had crawled into the oven.

Amber Helm and her husband Robert Helm were cooking a frozen pizza Monday night when they started smelling smoke.

“I opened up the oven and thought, 'Is that part of the oven?’ I looked more closely and it was a snake,” Amber told The News & Observer.

The mother of two said she did not know how the snake got into the oven – or how long it had been there. Her husband was tasked with cleaning up the nearly 18-inch-long creature.

The group did not eat the pizza that night, but the entire incident has left Amber nervous.

“I put the oven on self-clean after I pulled that crispy critter out,” he said to the outlet.

The group did not eat the pizza that night, but the entire incident has left Amber nervous.

“I have two little boys so I’m just so concerned,” she said.

The mother of two said she did not know how the snake got into the oven.

The family is now looking into having someone come out and check their home for other snakes.

 

[Bishop2b5]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/ne...ives-free-car-wash/ar-BBYLb4B?ocid=spartanntp

This woman's car got licked by a bison while she was driving through a park in Nebraska. I've actually had this happen at Custer State Park near my house. My car got swarmed every time I'd stop to let a herd cross the road. They're attracted to the road salt that accumulates on your car during winter. If you don't blow your horn or try to force them to move out of your way, you won't have any problem with them.

It's an amazing experience to be surrounded by them only a few feet or even inches away. I took my oldest and youngest daughters through the park in January a couple of years ago and got swarmed multiple times as they'd jostle each other for a chance to lick salt off the car. We even rolled our windows down and scratched a couple of them. Probably not the smartest thing to do, but it was still an exceptionally cool moment to have a huge bison licking salt from my driver side mirror, the window down, and her face less than a foot from mine.

 

[Irish#1]

Article didn't say what kind of fish this guy was fishing for, but he had to be shocked when he finally landed this thing. Estimated to be 50 years old.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/12/us/fisherman-350-pound-fish-southwest-florida-trnd/index.html

Fisherman catches 'a big old fish' weighing 350 pounds off southwest Florida

 

[Irish#1]

This guy is a STUD! Credited with saving his species. I would have loved to have that kind of a job.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/diego-the-giant-tortoise-is-retiring-after-saving-his-species/

Diego the giant tortoise is retiring after his high sex drive helped save his entire species

After 40 years of giving his all for a good cause, Diego the tortoise is heading into retirement. The giant tortoise, noted for his robust sex drive, is credited with fathering enough baby tortoises to bring his species back from the brink of extinction.

Diego, who is more than 100 years old, helped boost his species' population from 15 to over 2,000 on Española, an Island that is part of the Galápagos. He had been shipped over from the San Diego Zoo as part of a breeding program, and was one of 15 tortoises to take part in the program at the Fausto Llerena Tortoise Center on the island of Santa Cruz. Now he'll finally be returning to his island of origin.

Approximately 40% of the 2,000 tortoises repatriated to Española Island are estimated to be Diego's descendants, officials said

The Galápagos National Park announced on Friday that the decision was made to end the breeding program after 40 years, saying an evaluation showed it had met its conservation goals.

According to the statement, Diego "has become a symbol of the Galapagos conservation as it is estimated that approximately 40% of the turtles repatriated on Española Island are his descendants."

He's estimated to have about 1,700 offspring, according to the San Diego Zoo.

The closure of the Española tortoise captive breeding program will entail the return of the 15 unique breeding adults (12 females and three males) originally found on the island.

"The conclusion was that the island has sufficient conditions to maintain the tortoise population, which will continue to grow normally — even without any new repatriation of juveniles," Washington Tapia, the Galápagos-based director of the Giant Tortoise Restoration Initiative, said.

Closing the breeding program will include the return of the adults —12 females and 3 males— originally found on Española Island.

Diego was brought to the U.S. between 1928 and 1933 but returned to his home in 1977 to join the breeding center after his species was declared critically endangered in the 1960s, according to the San Diego Zoo.

It's been nearly eight decades since Diego was extracted from his natural habitat. With his mission accomplished, he will now be released into the wilderness on the island where he was born.

 

[ulukinatme]

Sometimes being old and horny is a good thing.

 

[Irish#1]

This dad is a stud. Walking his kids in a patch of woods the coyote came out of nowhere and attacked his 2 year old. Police said Dad went into "protection mode". I think Dad went into full "F*** You Coyote" mode.

Father chokes coyote to death after series of attacks in New Hampshire

"The coyote attacked a young child, and the child's dad went into protection mode and suffocated the coyote until it succumbed," police said.

Jan. 20, 2020, 9:40 PM EST
By Tim Stelloh
A man choked a coyote to death Monday in New Hampshire after the animal attacked his child, bit a woman walking her dog and charged a vehicle, authorities said.

The state Fish and Game Department was testing the animal's body for rabies, according to police in Kensington, about 25 miles east of Manchester.

The series of attacks began after a witness reported seeing a coyote attack a car just before 9 a.m. Monday in the nearby town of Hampton Falls.

"The car was trying to get the coyote to move out of the road, and the coyote started attacking the car," Kensington Police Chief Scott Cain told NBC Boston.

At 9 a.m., Kensington police got another call about the coyote. This time, the animal was said to have opened a woman's sliding glass door and gotten inside her enclosed porch. There, it lunged at her and her dogs. "I was running behind the dogs to get them in, and just as I was here, literally, the coyote bit me — in the butt," the woman, Pat Lee, 62, told NBC Boston. Lee was treated at a hospital and given a rabies booster shot, Kensington police said in a news release.

Two hours later, authorities in Exeter, another nearby town, got a call that the coyote had charged a family walking on a trail.

"The coyote attacked a young child, and the child's dad went into protection mode and suffocated the coyote until it succumbed," police said.

 

[Legacy]

Super Bowl-inspired snake hunters capture 80 pythons in Everglades competition

Hunters in the special Super Bowl edition of the annual Florida Python Challenge captured 80 exotic snakes during the 10-day competition that attracted more than 750 people from 20 states. By tapping the hype surrounding the country’s biggest sports event, wildlife managers wanted to send a message to the world: pythons are decimating native wildlife in the Everglades and the state is doing everything it can to control them.

“We want everyone to know that the python is a very serious threat to our beautiful Everglades,” said Eric Eikenberg, chief executive officer of the Everglades Foundation.

Burmese pythons, which first appeared in the Everglades in the late 1970s, have no predators and reproduce very successfully, with each female laying up to 100 eggs every year. The Everglades provides an all-you-can-eat buffet for pythons: native populations of marsh rabbits, raccoon, deer and opossum have dwindled significantly as the voracious snakes continue to expand their range in South Florida. Pythons also eat wading bird eggs and even small alligators. Some researchers estimate there are between 100,000 and 300,00 pythons slithering around the marshes and tree islands.

Over the past few years, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the South Florida Water Management District have paid hunters to remove the snakes — the bigger the snake, the more money — with bonuses for egg-bearing females. The district last year doubled the number of python removal agents to 50, adding to FWC’s python removal contractors. Another hunting effort, the Python Challenge, used to happen every three years but will now take place annually.

Scientists say that the snakes are responsible for a recent 90 to 99 percent drop in the small mammal population in the Everglades national park.

This hunt captured 80 snakes. One female can lay up to 100 eggs a year. Estimate half of the 100,000 to 300,000 pythons are female....

 

[Irish#1]

Super Bowl-inspired snake hunters capture 80 pythons in Everglades competition



Scientists say that the snakes are responsible for a recent 90 to 99 percent drop in the small mammal population in the Everglades national park.

This hunt captured 80 snakes. One female can lay up to 100 eggs a year. Estimate half of the 100,000 to 300,000 pythons are female....

Red an article not that long ago on capturing the males. They are putting tracking collars on males and releasing them hoping in their quest to mate, they will lead them to the females for eradication.

 

[Irish YJ]

I never knew there were tree climbing goats... wtf

 

[Irish#1]

I never knew there were tree climbing goats... wtf

Imagine having several for pets when friends come over for a cookout. Lol

 

[Irish#1]

Hey mom, you'll never guess what I bought at the flea market. Ohio family has had an alligator as a pet for 25 years before someone ratted them out. Kept it in the basement.
I remember back in the 60's and early 70's there was a pet store in Indy that had a black panther for sale. It was right in the front display window.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/02/us/ohio-alligator-found-basement-trnd/index.html

(CNN)Some people have spiders lurking in their basement. Others, maybe rats. This Ohio woman tops them all.

Police received an unusual tip last week in Madison Township directing them to her basement. Once there, they discovered a fully grown, 5-foot-long American alligator.
"I've never seen anything like that in my 17 years in the department," Madison Township Police Commander Darrell Breneman told CNN.

The homeowner said her son bought the gator at a reptile flea market 25 years ago and had kept it in the basement ever since, police said. The voluntarily surrendered the gator and the Ohio Department of Agriculture removed it from the home, police said.

The gator from Groveport was in good condition. "It didn't require any special care," Department of Agriculture spokeswoman Shelby Croft told CNN.

Alligators are banned in the Ohio, thanks to Senate Bill 310, which prohibits the possession of hyenas, lions, tigers, alligators, bears and several other wild animals.
Wildlife officials will take the animal an animal sanctuary in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where it will enjoy its retirement in the warmer weather.

 

[Irish YJ]

Hey mom, you'll never guess what I bought at the flea market. Ohio family has had an alligator as a pet for 25 years before someone ratted them out. Kept it in the basement.
I remember back in the 60's and early 70's there was a pet store in Indy that had a black panther for sale. It was right in the front display window.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/02/us/ohio-alligator-found-basement-trnd/index.html

(CNN)Some people have spiders lurking in their basement. Others, maybe rats. This Ohio woman tops them all.

Police received an unusual tip last week in Madison Township directing them to her basement. Once there, they discovered a fully grown, 5-foot-long American alligator.
"I've never seen anything like that in my 17 years in the department," Madison Township Police Commander Darrell Breneman told CNN.

The homeowner said her son bought the gator at a reptile flea market 25 years ago and had kept it in the basement ever since, police said. The voluntarily surrendered the gator and the Ohio Department of Agriculture removed it from the home, police said.

The gator from Groveport was in good condition. "It didn't require any special care," Department of Agriculture spokeswoman Shelby Croft told CNN.

Alligators are banned in the Ohio, thanks to Senate Bill 310, which prohibits the possession of hyenas, lions, tigers, alligators, bears and several other wild animals.
Wildlife officials will take the animal an animal sanctuary in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where it will enjoy its retirement in the warmer weather.

You could find some good stuff in pet stores back in the late 70s. I remember some big cats too, though not sure what kind they were. Also remember a lot of monkeys.

 

[Circa]

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[Ndaccountant]

You could find some good stuff in pet stores back in the late 70s. I remember some big cats too, though not sure what kind they were. Also remember a lot of monkeys.

Reminds me of a story of someone in my hometown that died before I was born.

A local businessman catered private parties in a building at an intersection that I passed by quite a bit growing up. The property was always overrun and the building was in shambles. So one day I asked my old man about it. He said that the guy who lived there died feeding his giraffe and the land was never sold. I thought he was making the story up, but I later learned in high school that it was true when we were learning about certain people in our town's history.

This guy owned a few local eateries and did quite well. He owned a banquet hall in what is now a pretty prime location. Like the rest of his businesses, that hall did well and he eventually built a duplex on the east side of the building as a home for some of his developmentally disabled friends and employees, who for many years had helped serve banquets held at the hall. In the mid 1970s at the same location, he added his own private zoo, including llamas, an emu, an ostrich, and a giraffe. Sadly, he died when he fell off a ladder on the property trying to feed his giraffe. Eventually all of the animals were sold. At the time of his death, his personal zoo included more than 100 animals. The property was held for land value but was never maintained. Eventually, the estate was sold to developers with the proceeds used to finance an addition to the local home for the severely disabled.

 

[Irish2155]

Hey mom, you'll never guess what I bought at the flea market. Ohio family has had an alligator as a pet for 25 years before someone ratted them out. Kept it in the basement.
I remember back in the 60's and early 70's there was a pet store in Indy that had a black panther for sale. It was right in the front display window.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/02/us/ohio-alligator-found-basement-trnd/index.html

(CNN)Some people have spiders lurking in their basement. Others, maybe rats. This Ohio woman tops them all.

Police received an unusual tip last week in Madison Township directing them to her basement. Once there, they discovered a fully grown, 5-foot-long American alligator.
"I've never seen anything like that in my 17 years in the department," Madison Township Police Commander Darrell Breneman told CNN.

The homeowner said her son bought the gator at a reptile flea market 25 years ago and had kept it in the basement ever since, police said. The voluntarily surrendered the gator and the Ohio Department of Agriculture removed it from the home, police said.

The gator from Groveport was in good condition. "It didn't require any special care," Department of Agriculture spokeswoman Shelby Croft told CNN.

Alligators are banned in the Ohio, thanks to Senate Bill 310, which prohibits the possession of hyenas, lions, tigers, alligators, bears and several other wild animals.
Wildlife officials will take the animal an animal sanctuary in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where it will enjoy its retirement in the warmer weather.

A buddy of mine who lived up in Anderson had a pet alligator years ago. It wasn’t very old at the time and when I saw it he was just chilling in a baby pool in the backyard. I didn’t get within 30 feet of it.

 

[Irish YJ]

Reminds me of a story of someone in my hometown that died before I was born.

A local businessman catered private parties in a building at an intersection that I passed by quite a bit growing up. The property was always overrun and the building was in shambles. So one day I asked my old man about it. He said that the guy who lived there died feeding his giraffe and the land was never sold. I thought he was making the story up, but I later learned in high school that it was true when we were learning about certain people in our town's history.

This guy owned a few local eateries and did quite well. He owned a banquet hall in what is now a pretty prime location. Like the rest of his businesses, that hall did well and he eventually built a duplex on the east side of the building as a home for some of his developmentally disabled friends and employees, who for many years had helped serve banquets held at the hall. In the mid 1970s at the same location, he added his own private zoo, including llamas, an emu, an ostrich, and a giraffe. Sadly, he died when he fell off a ladder on the property trying to feed his giraffe. Eventually all of the animals were sold. At the time of his death, his personal zoo included more than 100 animals. The property was held for land value but was never maintained. Eventually, the estate was sold to developers with the proceeds used to finance an addition to the local home for the severely disabled.

I think I'd feed them with a pole or something instead of climbing up on a ladder all the time lol... If I had my own zoo, I think I'd prefer a lot of other animals than giraffes. Give me some big cats, a few zebras, gators, etc..

 

[Irish YJ]

WTF...

I bought my mother one of these for Christmas and her cats hide the entire time it's running.

 

[Irish#1]

As tough as a rhino is, don't mess with a pissed off elephant. Mom runs over her baby trying the get the F out of the way.

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[Irish#1]

This isn't going to end well.

https://www.thedodo.com/in-the-wild...igator-helps-pennsylvania-man-with-depression

Man's Emotional Support Alligator Loves To Give Hugs
"When I'm down it's almost like he can sense it ... He has climbed into my bed with me."

BY SARAH V SCHWEIG
PUBLISHED ON 02/05/2019
WILDLIFE PROFILE
COMMENTS
When Wally was just a tiny baby alligator, nobody wanted him.

In fact, people were afraid of him and the other alligators like him. Wally was part of a population of alligators living around Orlando, Florida, a city that attracts so many child tourists. People were worried that animals like Wally would become too dangerous to coexist with people. "If I wouldn't have taken him he would have been killed," Joie Henney told The Dodo.

Wally was just over a year old when a friend of Henney's rescued the little guy, and then Henney offered Wally a home in York Haven, Pennsylvania.

So Wally's life was saved. And, as it would turn out, Wally would also rescue his rescuer. Henney was struggling with depression and his doctor suggested he start taking pills. But Henney noticed that he felt so much better when he was spending time with Wally.

"When I came home and was around him, it was all OK," Henney told The Inquirer. "My doctor knew about Wally and figured it works, so why not?" That's how Wally helped to rescue Henney — and the nearly 4-year-old alligator officially became registered as an emotional support animal.

Wally is now about 5 feet long, but still cuddles up with Henney on the couch. "He likes to give hugs," Henney said.

Henney is sensitive to the fact that most people don't realize how personable and loving Wally can be, so Henney doesn't take his emotional support animal everywhere — just to the places he knows Wally will be welcome.

"Before I even had him registered as an emotional support animal I did take him around with me to stores, walks in the park and had meet-and-greets with him," Henney said. Wally recently cheered up the residents at a local nursing home, hugs abounding.

"He helps me keep my spirits up," Henney said. "When I'm down it's almost like he can sense it ... He will come over to me on his own. He also has climbed into my bed with me when I'm not feeling well."

Wally could grow to be 14 feet long — but he'll have a home forever with Henney, who is building a special facility for him starting this summer, so he'll have room to grow. Wally already has a pond, which he shares with another rescued gator, a 2-year-old named Scrappy. There's also Luna, who at 8 months old is the youngest rescue.

"Scrappy is still kinda small and Luna still likes to run [around]," Henney said. "It's Wally [who] gives the hugs."

 

[Irish YJ]

He's is pretty cute though...
And will make a nice pair of boots when he grows up.

This isn't going to end well.

https://www.thedodo.com/in-the-wild...igator-helps-pennsylvania-man-with-depression

Man's Emotional Support Alligator Loves To Give Hugs
"When I'm down it's almost like he can sense it ... He has climbed into my bed with me."

BY SARAH V SCHWEIG
PUBLISHED ON 02/05/2019
WILDLIFE PROFILE
COMMENTS
When Wally was just a tiny baby alligator, nobody wanted him.

In fact, people were afraid of him and the other alligators like him. Wally was part of a population of alligators living around Orlando, Florida, a city that attracts so many child tourists. People were worried that animals like Wally would become too dangerous to coexist with people. "If I wouldn't have taken him he would have been killed," Joie Henney told The Dodo.

Wally was just over a year old when a friend of Henney's rescued the little guy, and then Henney offered Wally a home in York Haven, Pennsylvania.

So Wally's life was saved. And, as it would turn out, Wally would also rescue his rescuer. Henney was struggling with depression and his doctor suggested he start taking pills. But Henney noticed that he felt so much better when he was spending time with Wally.

"When I came home and was around him, it was all OK," Henney told The Inquirer. "My doctor knew about Wally and figured it works, so why not?" That's how Wally helped to rescue Henney — and the nearly 4-year-old alligator officially became registered as an emotional support animal.

Wally is now about 5 feet long, but still cuddles up with Henney on the couch. "He likes to give hugs," Henney said.

Henney is sensitive to the fact that most people don't realize how personable and loving Wally can be, so Henney doesn't take his emotional support animal everywhere — just to the places he knows Wally will be welcome.

"Before I even had him registered as an emotional support animal I did take him around with me to stores, walks in the park and had meet-and-greets with him," Henney said. Wally recently cheered up the residents at a local nursing home, hugs abounding.

"He helps me keep my spirits up," Henney said. "When I'm down it's almost like he can sense it ... He will come over to me on his own. He also has climbed into my bed with me when I'm not feeling well."

Wally could grow to be 14 feet long — but he'll have a home forever with Henney, who is building a special facility for him starting this summer, so he'll have room to grow. Wally already has a pond, which he shares with another rescued gator, a 2-year-old named Scrappy. There's also Luna, who at 8 months old is the youngest rescue.

"Scrappy is still kinda small and Luna still likes to run [around]," Henney said. "It's Wally [who] gives the hugs."

 

[Irish2155]

He's is pretty cute though...
And will make a nice pair of boots when he grows up.

That is about as big as the one my buddy from Anderson, IN had back in the day.

 

[Irish#1]

He's is pretty cute though...
And will make a nice pair of boots when he grows up.

This isn't going to end well.

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[Irish YJ]

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I've got these exact boots.
And I love fried gator. Pappadeauxs!

I can end well my friend lol

 

[Irish#1]

Those crazy penguins causing environmental problems.


Antarctic penguins release an extreme amount of laughing gas in their feces, it turns out
By Leah Asmelash, CNN

(CNN)Laughing gas isn't just something they give you at the dentist. It also comes out of penguin poop.

How do we know this, you're surely wondering? Well, a new study says just that.
Published in the journal "Science of the Total Environment," the study examined the effects of a King Penguin colony's activity on soil greenhouse gas fluxes in South Georgia -- a sub-Antarctic island just north of Antarctica. One finding in particular was notably unique -- penguin poop, also known as "guano," produces extremely high levels of nitrous oxide. It's the chemical known to most as laughing gas.

"It is truly intense," said Bo Elberling, an author of the study. He noted it's not an insignificant amount, either -- the emissions measure about 100 times more than a recently fertilized Danish field. There was enough emitted nitrous, in fact, that one researcher went "completely cuckoo," while "nosing about in guano for several hours," Elberling said.

"The small nitrous oxide cylinders that you see lying in and floating around Copenhagen are no match for this heavy dose, which results from a combination of nitrous oxide with hydrogen sulphide and other gases," he added, referring to the containers designed for whipped cream but often used as a recreational drug.

How the nitrous oxide is produced...When these penguins poop, fueled by a diet of fish, squid and krill, nitrogen is released from their feces into the ground. The bacteria in the soil then converts the nitrogen into nitrous oxide -- a greenhouse gas commonly known as laughing gas. "It is clear to us that the level of nitrous oxide is very high in places where there are penguins -- and thereby guano -- and vice versa, lower in places where there is none," Elberling said in a statement.

There are some climate concerns, too.
On their own, these droppings and their emissions aren't enough to impact Earth's overall energy budget, Elberling said. But the research does show how penguins influence their environments, which is especially significant as the colonies grow.
"A future expansion of penguins into newly available ice-free polar coastal areas may therefore markedly increase the local (greenhouse gas) budget," the study says. Further research may also develop a deeper understanding of how the droppings affect the Earth and its atmosphere, which could help the fight against greenhouse gases, Elberling said.

 

[Legacy]

Woman Burned After Falling Into Hot Spring At Yellowstone Park During Closure
(May 12, 2020 at 4:19 pm)

Yellowstone reopened on Monday in a limited capacity.

Woman injured by bison in Old Faithful area (Today)

 

[Irish#1]

One brave dude. Walking his dog when a 13ft gator decides to make a snack out of his dog.

Florida man fights off alligator to save dog during morning walk
Posted Jun 15, 2020

By Linda Hasco | lhasco@pennlive.com
The saying, “perfect love has no fear,” was clearly illustrated last Monday, when a Florida man fought a 13-foot alligator to save his dog’s life. According to a WFLA, Trent Tweddale and his dog, Loki are recovering after a Monday morning walk on their Florida farm turned vicious.

Tweddale said, “The dog had his front paws in the river here that swelled after all the rain, and the dog was attacked by a gator,” the report quoted.

According to Tweddale, his 6-year-old rescue pup was grabbed by a nearly 13-foot gator and pulled into the water. The report said Tweddale, a former Army staff sergeant, quickly reacted.

“I grabbed the dog’s collar to try to pull him back, and I ended up in a tug-of-war match with this gator, and the gator was not letting go,” he said. “So I let go of the collar, and I got about knee-deep into the water and started pounding on the gator’s head until he eventually let go.”

Loki’s front leg was nearly severed, and he had to undergo emergency surgery, the report said. Fortunately Tweddale got away with just minor scratches. “When I pulled him back up, the bones were out and it looks like the arm was just hanging by a shred,” Tweddale said. “They put metal plates and screws in and were able to reconstruct it that way. We’re hoping that he can regain full use of his paws after this.”

According to the report, Tweddale said he won’t rest until he catches the gator. He’s set a trap for it on his property, with the help of Florida Fish and Wildlife. “The trapper did not have any bait, so I grabbed one of my roosters and we used him as bait for the trap. We haven’t had any luck yet,” Tweddale said in the report. “We love our dog a lot and I’d fight tooth and nail for him.”

 

[IHateMarkMay]

One brave dude. Walking his dog when a 13ft gator decides to make a snack out of his dog.

Florida man fights off alligator to save dog during morning walk
Posted Jun 15, 2020

By Linda Hasco | lhasco@pennlive.com
The saying, “perfect love has no fear,” was clearly illustrated last Monday, when a Florida man fought a 13-foot alligator to save his dog’s life. According to a WFLA, Trent Tweddale and his dog, Loki are recovering after a Monday morning walk on their Florida farm turned vicious.

Tweddale said, “The dog had his front paws in the river here that swelled after all the rain, and the dog was attacked by a gator,” the report quoted.

According to Tweddale, his 6-year-old rescue pup was grabbed by a nearly 13-foot gator and pulled into the water. The report said Tweddale, a former Army staff sergeant, quickly reacted.

“I grabbed the dog’s collar to try to pull him back, and I ended up in a tug-of-war match with this gator, and the gator was not letting go,” he said. “So I let go of the collar, and I got about knee-deep into the water and started pounding on the gator’s head until he eventually let go.”

Loki’s front leg was nearly severed, and he had to undergo emergency surgery, the report said. Fortunately Tweddale got away with just minor scratches. “When I pulled him back up, the bones were out and it looks like the arm was just hanging by a shred,” Tweddale said. “They put metal plates and screws in and were able to reconstruct it that way. We’re hoping that he can regain full use of his paws after this.”

According to the report, Tweddale said he won’t rest until he catches the gator. He’s set a trap for it on his property, with the help of Florida Fish and Wildlife. “The trapper did not have any bait, so I grabbed one of my roosters and we used him as bait for the trap. We haven’t had any luck yet,” Tweddale said in the report. “We love our dog a lot and I’d fight tooth and nail for him.”

"Love my dog, hate my rooster."