Applications can be submitted via the FWC’s website<\/a>. The deadline to submit an application is Tuesday, July 28.\u00a0<\/p>\n There are a number of requirements to be a nuisance alligator trapper:<\/p>\n Have to live within or near the assigned coverage areaHave to have the time and flexibility to respond to nuisance alligator callsHave a clean criminal recordHave no prior fish or wildlife law violationsPossess a valid, working email address What is a nuisance alligator?\u00a0 <\/p>\n FWC’s Statewide Nuisance Alligator Program (SNAP) was developed to proactively deal with potential alligator threats in developed areas. When a nuisance alligator is found, trappers are called to remove the alligator.\u00a0<\/p>\n A nuisance alligator is typically at least four feet long and believed to be a threat to people or pets. Alligators smaller than four feet are generally not dangerous enough towards people or pets, the FWC said.<\/p>\n How to report a nuisance alligator To report a nuisance alligator or one that shows up somewhere it shouldn’t \u2013 front porch, pool, backyard \u2013 you can call the Nuisance Alligator Hotline at 866-392-4286 (866-FWC-Gator).\u00a0<\/p>\n Alligators live in every county in Florida and can be found in any body of water, such as ponds, lakes, rivers, etc.<\/p>\n The Source: This story was written based on information shared by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.\u00a0<\/p>\n Volusia County News<\/a>Wild Nature<\/a>Alligators<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is in need of more nuisance…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":764944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[24431,622,3,79,25,27329,5138,201],"class_list":["post-764943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-alligators","tag-fl","tag-news","tag-science","tag-us","tag-volusia-county","tag-wild-nature","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764943","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=764943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/764944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=764943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=764943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=764943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/generic-alligator-trapper-fwc-2.png\")
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