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Related: About this forumAirboat captain loses hand to gator, faces feeding charge
EVERGLADES CITY, Fla. (AP) --
A Florida airboat captain whose hand was bit off by a 9-foot alligator faces charges of feeding of a gator.
Collier County Jail records show 63-year-old Wallace Weatherholt was charged Friday with unlawful feeding of an alligator and later posted $1,000 bond. His next court date is Aug. 22.
Weatherholt was attacked on June 12th as he was giving an Indiana family a tour of the Everglades. The family said Weatherholt hung a fish over the side of the boat and had his hand at the water's surface when the alligator attacked.
Wildlife officers tracked and euthanized the gator. Weatherholt's hand was found but could not be reattached.
A criminal investigation followed. Feeding alligators is a second-degree misdemeanor.
The arrest was first reported by the Fort Myers News-Press.
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Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Killed because of some dumbfuck going "hey y'all watch this!"
liberal N proud
(60,338 posts)Why did they kill the gator?
Tony_FLADEM
(3,023 posts)Last edited Sun Jul 29, 2012, 08:31 PM - Edit history (1)
liberal N proud
(60,338 posts)We have stop blaming wild life for our encroachment in to their area.
Coexist
(24,542 posts)it took the fish and his hand, per the news report