Alligator tötet Joggerin

[MrMagoo]

Alligator tötet Joggerin

Tragischer Unfall in Florida
Im US-Gliedstaat Florida hat ein Alligator eine 28-jährige Joggerin getötet und danach in einen Kanal gezogen. Taucher und Feuerwehrmänner der Kleinstadt Sunrise zogen die Leiche aus dem Wasser. Hungrige Alligatoren können sehr aggressiv sein und auf Futtersuche angriffig werden.

(sda/dpa) Der Alligator, der vermutlich über drei Meter lang ist, hatte die Frau an Land angegriffen. Er trennte ihr beide Arme ab und biss sie ins rechte Bein und in den Rücken, wie die Polizei den Vorfall rekonstruiert hat. Dann zog sie ins Wasser.
Die Frau sei sehr vermutlich schnell am Blutverlust und dem Schock gestorben, zitiert die Tageszeitung «Miami Herald» einen Arzt. Nach dem tragischen Unglücksfall haben die Behörden in Florida erneut davor gewarnt, Alligatoren zu füttern. Die Tiere würden dann Menschen mit Futter gleichsetzen.
Bei Angriff möglichst viel Lärm machen

Weil Alligatoren meistens in der Abenddämmerung auf Beutejagd gingen, sollte dann man besonders vorsichtig sein. Wenn ein mehr als zwei Meter langer Alligator dennoch angreift, rät die «Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission», möglichst viel Lärm zu machen. Der Alligator glaube dann, er habe ein zu grosses Tier angegriffen und ziehe sich zurück.

Quelle: NZZ-Online

 

[Tom]

Andy, da bist du mir zuvor gekommen, wollte den Bericht auch posten. Ich hatte in der Zeitung vorgestern einen Artikel gelesen:

May 11, 2006
Section: National
Edition: Fort Myers
Page: A1, A3

Gator messes with wrong granny
5-foot assailant captured after biting Punta Gorda woman on leg
Grant Boxleitner
Staff
ALLIGATOR ATTACK: 74-year-old fends off reptile with hoseBy GRANT BOXLEITNER
gboxleitner@news-press.com
Connie Gittles thought it was just a snake.
The south Punta Gorda grandmother was watering plants in her backyard Tuesday when she felt something bite her leg just above the ankle. Gittles, 74, pulled her foot away and looked down. Instead of a snake, an alligator more than 5 feet long was sitting there.
"When I looked down, I saw this fellow looking at me," Gittles said.
But Gittles didn't panic. She defended herself with the hose.
"I just whacked him right in the snout with the nozzle," she said. "After that, he took off."
A day after the attack, Gittles said the bite still hurt, especially the part that went to the bone about 2 inches above her ankle.
State wildlife officials responded to Gittles' house at Blue Heron Pines mobile home park at 29500 Jones Loop Road, which is visible from Interstate 75. John French, a licensed alligator trapper through the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, took an alligator out of a nearby pond that likely is the one that bit Gittles, said FWC spokeswoman
JoAnne Adams.
"Based on the bite marks and the teeth, we think it was the same one," Adams said.
French used a new technique to lure the alligator to him -- blaring alligator hatchling and mating calls from a boombox along the shore, wildlife officials said. On a separate occasion, an alligator that heard the noises came out of a lake and bit the trapper's boom box, Adams said.
The alligator caught at Blue Heron was killed and its meat and hide sold.
Gittles suffered three puncture wounds and some lesser scrapes and abrasions from the attack. She received antibiotics from her physician and a tetanus shot from the health department.
"That's a laugh," Gittles said. "They say, 'What happened?' and you say you were bitten by an alligator."
Gittles has lived at Blue Heron Pines for 17 years. She said she sees alligators all the time, but mostly just their eyes on top of the pond near her backyard.
"We've seen alligators, but I've never seen one come that close to me," Gittles said. "I was walking around that little planter and never even saw him."
Linda Collins supervises the wildlife commission's hotline for nuisance alligator complaints in Okeechobee. A human encounter with an alligator such as the one that bit Gittles is more common during mating season, which peaks in May, she said.
"We're getting numerous calls like this throughout the state," Collins said. "They move around, and people see them more this time of year."
GATOR SAFETY TIPS
Avoid confronting an alligator that is on your property.
· Don't feed alligators. Many attacks involve alligators that have been fed and lost their natural fear of humans. Feeding an alligator is against the law, punishable by up to a $500 fine.
· Be particularly cautious around large alligators. Most attacks involve animals more than 6 feet long.
· Never swim in areas where alligators are present.
· Never swim at twilight or at night.
· Do not approach an alligator nest.
· Do not dump fish scraps into the water near boat landings.
· Do not let your dog swim in areas where alligators are present.
· Do not swim near heavy vegetation where alligators might lurk.
· Use common sense and remember even a small pond can contain a large alligator.
· Do not try to remove alligators from their natural habitat or try to keep one as a pet. Alligators don't become tame in captivity, and handling even small ones can result in bites.
REPORTING A problem ALLIGATOR
To report a nuisance alligator, call the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission at (866) 392-4286.
http://www.news-press.com

 

[Tom]

Hier das Video dazu:
http://www.nbc-2.com/BuildASX.asx?videofilename=060510_nbc_alligatorattack.wmv&mswmext=.asx

 

[MrMagoo]

Tom, fällt mir gerade auf, dass sind zwei verschiedene Vorfälle!

Die Story über die Rentnerin hatte ich auch schon gelesen, die den angreifenden Alligator mit dem Gartenschlauch vertrieben hat. War wohl noch ein kleineres Tier.

 

[Melly]

Tom, fällt mir gerade auf, dass sind zwei verschiedene Vorfälle!

Die Story über die Rentnerin hatte ich auch schon gelesen, die den angreifenden Alligator mit dem Gartenschlauch vertrieben hat. War wohl noch ein kleineres Tier.

Unser Hausverwalter hat uns vor zwei Tagen noch darüber berichtet!

Gruß

Melly