Overview
- The removal occurred at the 7-Eleven located at 2751 N River Road in Sarasota County, according to the sheriff’s office.
- A licensed trapper led the effort with deputies assisting inside the store.
- Video released by the sheriff’s office shows the trapper working to tire the roughly 10-foot alligator before taking it out.
- The sheriff’s office captioned the post, “Yes… it happened again,” and remarked that Sarasota seemed determined to make it a weekly series.
- Earlier this week, deputies and a trapper removed an approximately 14-foot, 600-pound gator from a neighborhood roadway and transferred it to a local alligator farm under nuisance protocols.