Video: Florida deputies wrangle 14-foot, 600-pound alligator blocking roadway
Get on the leg, get on the leg. Everybody get on the leg. Get on the leg. Everybody, I need, I need someone on that leg right there. No, pick it up, pick it up. Pick it up. Hold on, hold on, hold on Yeah I got the tail. Oh Hey ***. What’s up, up in the air. There you go. Yeah There we go.
Video: Florida deputies wrangle 14-foot, 600-pound alligator blocking roadway
Updated: 8:36 AM EST Dec 4, 2025
Multiple deputies sprang into action to remove a 14-foot alligator that was obstructing a roadway in Sarasota County.The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office posted a video on Facebook showing seven of its deputies and a skilled trapper lifting the 600-pound alligator from a street. The video continues to show the deputies using all their strength to place the alligator in the back of a pickup truck. The alligator was safely released at an alligator farm, according to the sheriff’s office. Related content
SARASOTA, Fla. —
Multiple deputies sprang into action to remove a 14-foot alligator that was obstructing a roadway in Sarasota County.
The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office posted a video on Facebook showing seven of its deputies and a skilled trapper lifting the 600-pound alligator from a street.
The video continues to show the deputies using all their strength to place the alligator in the back of a pickup truck.
The alligator was safely released at an alligator farm, according to the sheriff’s office.
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