Elderly woman, 85, is killed by 10ft alligator as she tried to save her dog from its jaws after it launched at the pet while she was walking it by the pond at the Florida retirement village where she lived
Woman had been walking dog by pond in Fort Pierce when alligator attacked her
The elderly woman, 85, was dragged into the pond and killed by the creature
An 85-year-old woman was mauled to death by a ten-foot alligator as she tried to rescue her dog from the reptile's clutches near a pond in Florida.
The pensioner, who has not yet been named, had been walking her dog by the pond at the Spanish Lakes Fairways community in Fort Pierce on Monday when the 700lb alligator launched itself from the water and grabbed the canine.
The woman had tried to get the dog away from the alligator's jaws when the reptile attacked her, dragging her into the pond, an eyewitness told CBS News.
The victim's body was later recovered by officials, while her dog is being treated for injuries.
The woman is the third victim to be killed by an alligator in Florida since last July.
Wildlife experts found the alligator at the bottom of the pond and dragged it out of the water, with one official seen sitting on top of the reptile.
They later managed to drag the alligator, its snout closed shut with rope, across the grass and put it in a truck.
'Snagged him [the alligator] on the bottom. He never surfaced. He stayed down the whole time. Got a second hook in him and then a hard line in him so we could get him up,' Robert Lilly, an alligator trapper working for the FWC, told WPBF.
Lilly said it was 'definitely a fight' as the alligator weighed around 700lb.
The pensioner is the third person to be killed by an alligator in Florida since last July.
Another elderly woman was killed by two alligators after falling into a pond near her home at the Boca Royale Golf and Country Club in Englewood in July 2022.
The woman, whose identity is not known, was struggling to stay afloat when two alligators were seen swimming toward her. They then grabbed her before she could escape and killed her.
In May 2022, 47-year-old Sean Thomas McGuinness' body was found missing three limbs at the lake at the John S Taylor Park in Largo, Florida.
Woman had been walking dog by pond in Fort Pierce when alligator attacked her
The elderly woman, 85, was dragged into the pond and killed by the creature
An 85-year-old woman was mauled to death by a ten-foot alligator as she tried to rescue her dog from the reptile's clutches near a pond in Florida.
The pensioner, who has not yet been named, had been walking her dog by the pond at the Spanish Lakes Fairways community in Fort Pierce on Monday when the 700lb alligator launched itself from the water and grabbed the canine.
The woman had tried to get the dog away from the alligator's jaws when the reptile attacked her, dragging her into the pond, an eyewitness told CBS News.
The victim's body was later recovered by officials, while her dog is being treated for injuries.
The woman is the third victim to be killed by an alligator in Florida since last July.
Wildlife experts found the alligator at the bottom of the pond and dragged it out of the water, with one official seen sitting on top of the reptile.
They later managed to drag the alligator, its snout closed shut with rope, across the grass and put it in a truck.
'Snagged him [the alligator] on the bottom. He never surfaced. He stayed down the whole time. Got a second hook in him and then a hard line in him so we could get him up,' Robert Lilly, an alligator trapper working for the FWC, told WPBF.
Lilly said it was 'definitely a fight' as the alligator weighed around 700lb.
The pensioner is the third person to be killed by an alligator in Florida since last July.
Another elderly woman was killed by two alligators after falling into a pond near her home at the Boca Royale Golf and Country Club in Englewood in July 2022.
The woman, whose identity is not known, was struggling to stay afloat when two alligators were seen swimming toward her. They then grabbed her before she could escape and killed her.
In May 2022, 47-year-old Sean Thomas McGuinness' body was found missing three limbs at the lake at the John S Taylor Park in Largo, Florida.
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