Get that gator out of my yard

I just finished watching a show about these guys that catch alligators in residential neighborhoods in Florida. Two things struck me about this.

One- I didn't know that the Fish and Wildlife Commission was the most powerful agency in Florida even more so than the FBI or DEA. I'm not legal savvy, but I think it has something to do with the fact that they can enter anyone's house if they think they are a poacher without any warrant or anything and can go on anyone's property to take care of business.

Two- There are a lot of people in Florida who didn't think about the fact that there are 1.5 million gators in the state and they proceed to build houses on lakes. Then this lady was interviewed saying how every time her kids went in the backyard to play, this gator would be close by in the lake. Well, maybe you shouldn't put your kid's swing 15 feet away from a lake with no barrier, you moron.

Now, I am really, really afraid of alligators. Those things are fast and just plain scary looking. However, I say, if you decide to move in an area that obviously is a place gators might hang you, it's your own damn fault if you get eaten. Leave the gators there. They didn't just walk into your living room and kick you out to have you killed and sold for meat and skin. You don't move to the top lip of a volcano and then complain about the heat.

J.H. Naners

P.S. Gators aren't that intimidating to most Nebraskans.