14-foot alligator found resting on doorstep of Sarasota County home relocated to gator farm

SARASOTA Fla WSVN A -foot -pound alligator was removed from a Sarasota County neighborhood after it was discovered resting on a resident s front doorstep Seven Sarasota County Sheriff s Office deputies and a licensed trapper worked together to lift the giant reptile onto a truck The department posted a video of the crew on Facebook on Tuesday The massive gator was just a scarce inches shy of Florida s record for longest alligator which according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is feet and inches Agents declared it was relocated to a nearby alligator farm