Alligators have been spotted around the metro this week. First in Byram, and then another one was seen crawling out of a pond in the Northbay subdivision in Madison.”We’re glad to see wildlife, but not that big,” said Rita Horlock, who posted two alligator photos in a Northbay Facebook group. “The problem that I see is he goes after our ducks; he goes after our geese, and we don’t have much fish in the pond.”Horlock said people fish and boat in the pond, which is surrounded by homes.”I was so glad I did not let my small dog out, because he would have been breakfast,” Horlock said.According to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, this is the middle of alligator breeding season, so male alligators are on the move. In addition to that, rain and rising water levels give gators more means of travel. Wildlife experts said alligator activity will taper off in the next two or three weeks. The best thing to do is to leave the alligators alone. It is illegal to feed alligators.
MADISON, Miss. —
Alligators have been spotted around the metro this week.
First in Byram, and then another one was seen crawling out of a pond in the Northbay subdivision in Madison.
“We’re glad to see wildlife, but not that big,” said Rita Horlock, who posted two alligator photos in a Northbay Facebook group. “The problem that I see is he goes after our ducks; he goes after our geese, and we don’t have much fish in the pond.”
Horlock said people fish and boat in the pond, which is surrounded by homes.
“I was so glad I did not let my small dog out, because he would have been breakfast,” Horlock said.
According to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, this is the middle of alligator breeding season, so male alligators are on the move. In addition to that, rain and rising water levels give gators more means of travel.
Wildlife experts said alligator activity will taper off in the next two or three weeks. The best thing to do is to leave the alligators alone. It is illegal to feed alligators.