The woman was walking her dog beside a canal in Spanish Lakes Fairway near Fort Pierce when the nearly 11\u002Dfoot gator attacked the dog
The woman was walking her dog on Monday afternoon beside a canal in Spanish Lakes Fairway near Fort Pierce when the nearly 11-foot gator attacked the dog, St. Lucie Sheriff Ken Mascara said.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“FWC is in charge of the investigation, however we assisted with a helicopter and manpower,” Mascara said. The woman’s name has not been released. Officials said the dog survived the attack, but its condition wasn’t immediately known. Fatal alligator attacks are rare, but they do happen. In 2016, 2-year-old Lane Graves was killed by alligator as he was vacationing with his family from Nebraska at Walt Disney World. Since then hundreds of gators have been relocated from the area.
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