State Reports Show that 226 Alligators Have Been Removed from Disney Property Since 2016
On 5/13/21 at 2:08 PM EDT
In 2016, a two-year-old boy was tragically killed by an alligator at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. In the years since the accident, 226 alligators have reportedly been removed from Disney property.
Disney s Orlando property is built on and around marshes and other large bodies of water. As such, alligators are drawn to the park. But Disney isn t the only area in Florida with a gator problem.
In fact, with a statewide gator population totaling over one million, many residents up and down the state have frequent run-ins with the scaly reptile. To keep people safe, a statewide program was created to allow trappers to remove potentially harmful alligators from designated areas.
More than 200 alligators removed from Disney World since toddler’s death in 2016
Alligators removed under the Statewide Nuisance Alligator Program, ClickonOrlando.com reports
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – At least 226 nuisance alligators have been trapped and removed from Walt Disney World property since a toddler was killed by an alligator at a Disney resort nearly five years ago, according to a report from ClickonOrlando.com.
Lane Thomas Graves, 2, was snatched and dragged into a lagoon from a beach outside Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort in June of 2016.
In the eight years before his death, wildlife trappers removed an average of 23 alligators a year from Disney property, but after the attack, substantially more alligators have been removed each year, state records show.
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