The gator was moved to a “protected, more remote location,” according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
TARRANT COUNTY, Texas — A 10-foot-7-inch alligator was found and removed from a North Texas lake Thursday.
The adult male gator weighed in at nearly 300 pounds, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD).
Tarrant County Commissioner Manny Ramirez said in a social media post that the reptile was removed from Eagle Mountain Lake in northwestern Tarrant County Thursday morning.
“This morning a 10 foot 1 inch alligator was captured and removed from Eagle Mountain Lake!” Ramirez wrote in a post on Facebook. “Thank you to our Eagle Mountain Lake neighbors and the Texas Parks and Wildlife personnel for safely relocating this alligator to the nature preserve!”
TPWD said the alligator was removed from the lake in coordination with the Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge as part of TPWD-approved and permitted research at the Nature Center.
TPWD says the gator was safely measured, tagged, and moved to a “protected, more remote location.”
“The proximity to Eagle Mountain Lake presented a valuable opportunity to better understand this species that is native to the Fort Worth area,” the TPWD said in a statement.
Eagle Mountain Lake is located on the West Fork Trinity River, just north of Fort Worth and Lake Worth, and alligators are native to the Trinity River watershed, according to TPWD’s website. The reptiles have been spotted at both Lake Worth and Eagle Mountain Lake, according to TPWD.
State law prohibits feeding, killing, disturbing or attempting to move an alligator, and a permit is required to hunt, raise or possess one in Texas, per TPWD.
Residents can report alligator sightings to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s district office weekdays at 817-831-3128 or after hours and weekends at 1-800-792-4263.
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