Florida Trappers Kill 2 Alligators After 31-Year-Old Woman Dies in River Attack
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Updated · Ocala · Jun 29
Florida Trappers Kill 2 Alligators After 31-Year-Old Woman Dies in River Attack
3 articles · Updated · Ocala · Jun 29
Summary
Two alligators measuring 12 and 13 feet were caught and killed after a 31-year-old Orlando woman was fatally bitten while swimming in the Econlockhatchee River near Oviedo on Sunday.
FWC said she was in about 3 feet of water with her boyfriend and a friend around 1:30 p.m., suffered bites to both arms, and died on the way to a hospital; the trailhead stayed closed until 7:30 p.m.
A second alligator incident the same day left a boy fishing in Marion County with a hand bite, and a June 21 attack injured a snorkeler, making three alligator attacks in Florida within a week.
Florida has about 1.3 million alligators, and officials say attacks remain rare but have killed 32 people since 1948; they urge people to swim only in designated areas during daylight.