DVC-Don
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Dec 15, 2001
I'm not sure what kind if information you're looking for . The fact is, alligators are present all over Florida. The fact is, given the geography of the area in and around WDW it would be impossible for Disney to keep them all out of their property. That's like expecting NYC to eradicate every rat in the city and keep it rat free.
Disney does try to monitor the Gator population, and their animal control officers will capture and relocate larger gators that are found to be around guest areas.
But there are reasons why there are signs warning people to stay out of the water except for swimming pools. The presence of gators and poisonous snakes are 2 of those reasons.
Stay out of the water. Stay away from bushes or tall clumps of grasses at the water's edge. Be aware of your surroundings at all times. Gators spend the majority of their life in the water or along the banks of the river, Marsh, swamp or Lake that they inhabit. On land they can move swiftly for a short period but are generally much slower and ungainly than when they are in the water.
Gators are not relocated in Florida. They are captured and killed. The last paragraph above is good advice. I live in Florida on a pond and watch the gators in my back yard. They do move around on land when traveling from pond to pond, usually after dark.