Feeding alligators is illegal and dangerous

It’s fun to walk the boardwalk at Lake Sumter Landing and get a look at an alligator. It’s awfully tempting to feed the alligators.

Don’t do it. For your safety as well as the sake of the alligators.

Fed animals may abandon their natural, healthy diet, become dependent on human food and lose their fear of humans. Such animals can become aggressive or dangerous or may risk crossing busy roads to venture close to human habitations, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission…

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