{"id":207892,"date":"2026-03-27T04:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T04:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/207892\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T04:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T04:43:09","slug":"florida-investigators-look-into-viral-video-of-people-in-airboat-firing-on-alligator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/207892\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida investigators look into viral video of people in airboat firing on alligator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced on Thursday evening that the agency is looking into an infamous video that\u2019s gone viral on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MyFWC\/status\/2037328518275572221\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MyFWC\/status\/2037328518275572221\">In a release<\/a>, FWC officials said that the video shows \u201cindividuals in the Everglades on an airboat who appear to be discharging firearms at an alligator.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">While the FWC confirmed that officers are investigating what happened, few details area available at this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">[BELOW: Oviedo\u2019s Lake Jesup packed with alligators]<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">In Florida, rifles and handguns can be used for commercial alligator trapping methods, but they can\u2019t be used recreationally. <a href=\"https:\/\/myfwc.com\/wildlifehabitats\/wildlife\/alligator\/harvest\/hunt-guide\/harvest-methods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/myfwc.com\/wildlifehabitats\/wildlife\/alligator\/harvest\/hunt-guide\/harvest-methods\/\">According to the FWC<\/a>, the only firearm that may be used to take an alligator is a bang stick, and only when the alligator is attached to a restraining line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Meanwhile, any wildlife violations can be reported to the Wildlife Alert Hotline at (888) 404-3922.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">Get breaking news alerts delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced on Thursday evening that the agency is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207893,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[13925,1684,265,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-207892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-alligators","tag-animals","tag-crime","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}