After a reptile got a little too close for comfort with a Texas rancher’s cattle, he lassoed the 10-foot alligator allowing wranglers to crawl atop the thrashing beast. Their tussle resulted in one of the captors receiving minor injuries to his hand, however it was a situation that needed a quick and decisive response.
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East Texas Rancher Assists in Wrangling 10-Foot Alligator Threatening Cattle
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Convergent Hunting Solutions contact, Byron South, told the press that he received a call from landowner Hal Conover after an alligator broke into a pen he was using to wean calves. Conover would not settle for the alligator threatening his livestock so he also asked for additional help from local game wardens.
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Bystanders shot video, which was then posted on Facebook by KLTV 7, of the wrangling near Hawkins, Texas, a town located approximately 100 miles east of Dallas. You can clearly see from the video that this gator thought he’d found a future feasting opportunity and he wasn’t going without a fight.
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According to NBC DFW, in an interview with the Associated Press, South explained that Conover was able to toss a rope around the alligator. Then, two men climbed on top of the animal while it thrashed and actually bit one of the men on the hand. The 10-foot gator was then loaded into a trailer and transferred to a wildlife park.
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