Gators in captivity tend to be larger than those in the wild ... In Florida, the Captive Wildlife Office at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) regulates this process. The FWC ...

He didn’t know whether it was a male or a female, but he decided to name it “Clem” after his gator-giving friend. “As a joke, they threw him in the pond and pretty much forgot about him,” said Milt ...

Photos showed only the gator's snout ominously peering out from the drain. The department reported that firefighters assisted a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation trapper in rescuing the ...

Once a gator reaches around four feet long, it is safe from predators except humans. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission estimates there are around 1.3 million alligators living ...