Overview
- Sarasota County Sheriff's Office video shows seven deputies and a licensed trapper hoisting the 600-pound alligator into a pickup after securing its jaws.
- The reptile had been obstructing a residential roadway near a home before authorities cleared the scene.
- The sheriff's office said the animal was transported to an alligator farm and released there.
- A moment in the footage shows the gator's tail striking a deputy during the lift.
- Florida has an estimated 1.3 million alligators statewide, and the state’s Nuisance Alligator Program handles removals when reptiles threaten people, pets or property.