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According to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, "Louisiana’s wild alligator population has increased from less than 100,000 to more than 2 million in the past 50 years.
American alligator skins. Today, alligator farming is a large, growing industry in Georgia, Florida, Texas, and Louisiana. These states produce a combined annual total of some 45,000 alligator hides. Alligator hides bring good prices and hides in the 6- to 7-ft range have sold for $300 each. [152]
In fact, hypothetical models of alligator populations in the U.S. show that hunters would have to decrease the gator population by more than 90% in order to completely prevent human interaction ...
Genus Alligator – Cuvier, 1807 – two species Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population American alligator. A. mississippiensis Daudin, 1801: Southeastern United States: Size: up to 450 kg (990 lb) Habitat: Wetlands (inland), intertidal marine, and coastal marine [2] Diet: [2] LC
Here is where the most alligators live in South Carolina and what you should do if you come face to snout. ... the state sponsors a limited hunting season — this year it’s Sept. 9, to Oct. 14 ...
The American alligator is the state reptile of Florida. This is a list of reptiles which are found in the U.S. state of Florida. This list includes both native and introduced species. Introduced species are put on this list only if they have an established population (large breeding population, numerous specimens caught, invasive, etc.).
Alligators commonly live up to 50 years, but there have been examples of alligators living over 70. [14] One of the oldest recorded alligator lives was that of Saturn , an American alligator who was hatched in 1936 in Mississippi and spent nearly a decade in Germany before spending the majority of his life at the Moscow Zoo , where he died at ...
It argues that human-alligator interactions become more likely the more time people spend beside the water but adds that “alligators seldom bite people and fatalities from such occurrences are ...