Uncontrolled alligators in Miami: 85-year-old woman was killed while walking her dog

An 85-year-old woman died after being attacked by an alligator while walking her dog from a development in Florida in the southeastern United States.

Shortly after noon, deputies from the St. Lucie County (East) Sheriff’s Office and the State Commission on Fish and Wildlife Conservation received an emergency call for an alligator attack in the Spanish lakesan urbanization reserved for people over the age of 55, according to the WPTV network.

Neighbors of the victim told this outlet that the woman was walking her dog around the neighborhood when an alligator grabbed him. The old woman then tried to free her animal and, as she struggled, the reptile bit her behind a house near a canal.

The brutal attack of an alligator on an 85-year-old woman​

“I saw my neighbor, the dog was running and my neighbor was down and an alligator bit her leg and dragged her into the water,” Carol, a 77-year-old neighbor, told WPBF News.

“I told her, ‘Swim up to the rowboat,’ and she said, ‘I can’t, the alligator has a hold on me,'” he added.

Carol ran to her garage, grabbed a stick and walked back to the canal, but the victim was gone.

Authorities recovered the old woman’s body in the water and a hunter captured the alligator, which was about 3.3 meters long, according to WPTV. The dog survived the attack.

“Our prayers go out to the victim’s loved ones and Spanish Lakes residents who knew the victim and witnessed the attack,” the St. Lucie Sheriff’s Office wrote on Facebook.

Alligator attacks in the United States

Serious injuries from alligators are rare in Florida. According to the QCover the past 10 years the state has had an annual average of eight unprovoked bites requiring professional medical attention.

The chance of a state resident being seriously injured in an unprovoked alligator crash is approximately one in 3.1 million.

This week, workers at Prospect Park in Brooklyn, in the heart of New York, also they caught a three-foot-long alligator swimming in a pond of the compound where some children were playing next to him, as reported this Sunday by the local press.

Meghan Lalor, a parks department representative, told the New York Post that the reptile was likely a pet whose owner decided to release it into public waters.

“Fortunately no one was injured and the animal is being evaluated,” added Lalor.

The alligator was seen floating in a park lagoon early in the morning. in the inner area of ​​the park known as Duck Island and, after being captured, was taken to the New York Animal Care Center.

Lalor explained that the animal may have suffered “cold shock, as it is native to warm, tropical climates.”

“It’s totally unexpected,” said Joseph Puleo, vice chairman of the 37th District Council, which represents the city park workers who ended up pulling the alligator out of the water.