The Georgia DNR initiated a nuisance alligator program in 1989 to allow licensed trappers to catch any alligator longer than 4 feet if it is outside its normal domain, being fed by humans, or acting aggressively. The biggest he ever captured was 12-feet, 8 inches. If you did a cursory internet search for "biggest alligator ever" you might see a listing that says "19 feet, 2 inches" — with a caveat that the number is "unconfirmed." Vaughan captured the gigantic gator, taped its snout shut and loaded it on his truck using a hoist machine. The river has a dam which is the largest hydro-electric power station in the world. The Chinese believe that the river has endangered species such as the Chinese alligator alongside the finless porpoise. ‘Big Tex’: largest captive alligator in US found after escaping in Imelda flooding This article is more than 10 months old Alligator found near a pond on the Gator Country property. The search for Big Tex came during the height of Texas’ alligator-hunting season, which runs from Sept. 10 through Sept. 30. The … As of this writing, the official record is a 15-foot, 9-inch gator caught in Alabama in 2014. As "hot alligator summer" lives on, there are an estimated 200,000 to 250,000 alligators in Georgia, according to the Georgia DNR. It isn't the largest alligator ever found in the state — that was a 14-feet-1-inch gator found in 2015, according to Hanson. The largest ever alligator said to have been found in the US measured 19.2 feet long, which was discovered in Louisiana but this has not been … A Mississippi man found a massive alligator snapping turtle while conducting research on the reptiles.. Luke Pearson caught the turtle in Lamar County. Posted: Sep 9, 2019 / 09:53 AM CDT / Updated: Sep 9, 2019 / 09:53 AM CDT. “Everyone has to have special permits to hunt them,” Walton said. Stokes aligator, named after the family who captured and killed it. It’s 15 feet and 9 inches long, and weights about 458.8 Kg.Since the records are clear and the aligator is at a display at the Mann Wildlife Learning Museum in Montgomery, Alabam, we can go ahead and say its the largest aligator recorded in the world. by: CNN Wire. Utan is found at Samut Prakan crocodile farm, which is almost twelve miles outside of Bankok, Thailand. The … https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/08/us/georgia-alligator-record-trnd/index.html This 14-foot alligator may be the largest ever caught in Georgia News. The river covers and drains a fifth of the land population in China and it has played a cultural and historical role among the Chinese. Utan at present lives in Alligator Adventure, one of the World’s biggest reptilian facilities. A large alligator who was captured on video taking a walk in a central Florida community over the weekend has become a social media star.. Biggest Alligator and Biggest Crocodile Stokes Alligator. 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