11-12 foot gator in Lakeview area of New Orleans, shot dead by area LWDF agent.

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However, Jeb Linscombe, the alligator program manager for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, said the agency "does not condone" relocating such a large alligator, especially if it's found in an urban environment and might have become habituated to humans.

"We will not allow nuisance hunters to relocate a 10-footer because you're really just relocating a threat and a danger from one area to another area," he said.

that seems slightly at odds with what the hunter was saying that it's his call to make (kill or relocate)
but even he said, that size and close to houses, you don't take that chance
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i used to walk my dog on the old golf course before they gussied it up
def glad we did not have a gator encounter but plenty of walkers said they saw them often (but nothing over 5ft really)

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City Park typically has gators removed when they are between 5-6 foot. Once they become that big, they tend to be more aggressive. There is nothing more scary, then playing a round of golf and your ball ends up close to the edge of a lagoon and you walk up close to an unsuspecting gator.
I don’t know who ends up more scared. You or the gator. 😂. It has happened to me about a half dozen or so times in playing golf over 40 years. If you hadn’t had your first drink yet for the round, you certainly will after an encounter of the gator kind. The ones at TPC in Avondale are not to be messed with. There is ol tripod, who is the king. 3 legged monster and about 400 pounds now. He is a mainstay there. They keep close dibs on his whereabouts. Not sure if he is still there, since they redid the course. Have not played there since last year.