{"id":707767,"date":"2026-06-16T16:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/707767\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:35:08","slug":"fwc-charges-three-after-alligator-trapped-transported-and-killed-in-milton-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/707767\/","title":{"rendered":"FWC charges three after alligator trapped, transported and killed in Milton pond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. &#8212; Florida wildlife officers have charged three people after an 8.5-foot alligator was<a href=\"https:\/\/weartv.com\/news\/local\/wildlife-group-claims-garcon-point-retention-pond-gator-killed-illegally-fwc-investigates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> trapped, transported, and killed without a valid permit in Santa Rosa County.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Hunting and Game Management Division shared a statement containing information on the incident:<\/p>\n<p>The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Hunting and Game Management Division shared a statement containing information on the incident:On March 15, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers were notified of multiple subjects removing an alligator from a retention pond in Santa Rosa County.Preliminary information indicates that three subjects, a former contracted nuisance alligator trapper and two trapping agents, trapped and removed an 8.5-foot alligator from a retention pond in Milton. The three subjects transported the live alligator to a residence, where it was killed.The subjects did not have a valid permit to remove the alligator, nor did they affix the required CITES tag to the alligator carcass.The alligator carcass was seized immediately, and each subject was charged with a misdemeanor related to the improper take of an alligator and received two warnings.Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>JOIN THE CONVERSATION (5)<\/p>\n<p>No further details have been released. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. &#8212; Florida wildlife officers have charged three people after an 8.5-foot alligator was trapped,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-707767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}