{"id":401897,"date":"2026-08-09T15:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T15:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/401897\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T15:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T15:06:09","slug":"texas-game-wardens-offer-1000-reward-after-3-alligators-shot-at-fort-worth-nature-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/401897\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas game wardens offer $1,000 reward after 3 alligators shot at Fort Worth Nature Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/47668965298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"764\" height=\"432\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-v-653d32e2=\"\"\/> article    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">LAKE WORTH, Texas &#8211; Texas game wardens are offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever is illegally shooting alligators at the Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge on Lake Worth.<\/p>\n<p>   Reward offered in alligator shootings: <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Between May and July 2026, at least three alligators were shot at the nature refuge. Two of the animals were killed and their carcasses were left to waste, while a third survived after game wardens discovered it with a crossbow bolt still lodged in its body.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The reward is being offered through Operation Game Thief, Texas&#8217; wildlife crime stoppers program.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Authorities urge anyone with information about the shootings to contact Operation Game Thief at 1-800-792-4263 (GAME), report online at tpwd.texas.gov\/warden\/connect\/ogt, or submit a tip using the Texas OGT mobile app. Tips can also be sent via text by sending the keyword &#8220;TXOGT&#8221; followed by the information to 847411. Callers may remain anonymous.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this article is from the Texas Game Wardens.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/tarrant-county\/lake-worth\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lake Worth<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/pets-animals\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pets and Animals<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article LAKE WORTH, Texas &#8211; Texas game wardens are offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1046,116,118,117,2091,223,5163,122,216,393],"class_list":["post-401897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-lake-worth","tag-news","tag-pets-animals","tag-tarrant-county","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}