Overview
- Multiple community sighting reports at Eagle Mountain Lake enabled TPWD and county teams to pinpoint and capture the gator Thursday morning.
- The relocation supports a three-year Fort Worth Nature Center research effort that has tagged about 40 local alligators to study their behavior and population trends.
- Alligators are established residents of the West Fork Trinity River basin and have been observed at both Eagle Mountain Lake and nearby Lake Worth.
- Under Texas law, unauthorized feeding or relocating alligators is prohibited and permits are mandatory for any hunting, raising or possession.
- Officials urge residents to report future alligator sightings by calling TPWD during weekdays at 817-831-3128 or after hours at 1-800-792-4263.