Great-grandmother kills 12-foot gator with one shot; she thinks it ate her miniature horse
A Texas woman says she shot and killed a 12-foot, 580-pound alligator at her ranch Monday and that she suspects the massive animal ate her miniature horse. Even before she shot the alligator, Judy Cochran was having a memorable 2018 ... In May, she became the mayor of Livingston, Texas, and earlier in September she became a great-grandmother.
... she's been looking for this gator for some time. A miniature horse of her's went missing about three years ago, and the animal's remains were never found. "So we suspected a gator ... it would have to be a big gator,” she said.
After she shot the animal it was immediately taken to a taxidermist, she said ... the resources from the alligator are being put to good use:
The hide is being made into boots and its meat will be eaten, she said.
The gator was found in the same pond where Cochran's then 5-year-old grandson shot a gator in 2009, according to the Houston Chronicle. That gator was even bigger: 800-pounds, 12-foot-6-inches.
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