Overview
- The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission confirmed a Monday incident in which an American crocodile was recorded carrying a dog in a Satellite Beach canal.
- Officers captured the animal and, after what the agency called careful consideration, placed it in permanent captivity.
- FWC said this individual has been the only confirmed American crocodile documented in the local area since 2018.
- Residents report the crocodile had been relocated three to four times over recent years yet consistently returned to the same waterway.
- FWC urged residents to keep pets leashed away from the water’s edge, avoid swimming outside designated areas, and never feed crocodiles, and provided its nuisance hotline for concerns.