{"id":400999,"date":"2026-09-16T00:50:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T00:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/400999\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T00:50:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T00:50:44","slug":"trapper-removes-alligator-after-tampa-homeowner-finds-animal-inside-backyard-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/400999\/","title":{"rendered":"Trapper removes alligator after Tampa homeowner finds animal inside backyard &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TAMPA, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; A homeowner near Tampa discovered an alligator in their backyard and called authorities to help remove it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bodycam video shows a Manatee County Sheriff\u2019s Office deputy approaching the animal, but the gator turned around and caused both deputies to back up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later, a professional trapper was called in and was able to capture the alligator without incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The animal has since been relocated to a safer location.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; A homeowner near Tampa discovered an alligator in their backyard and called authorities to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-400999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400999","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=400999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}