Rumors have long swirled that Fort Worth’s alligators are escaped pets dumped into local waterways.
But researchers have told the public that these reptiles have likely been part of the North Texas landscape for generations.
What happened?
The Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge wants locals to know that gators have long existed in the area, with the first recorded sighting dating back to 1849.
As KERA News reported, Refuge staff are now carrying out fieldwork in the Trinity River wetlands to learn more about the area’s wild alligators by catching, tagging, and measuring them…