'We got a happy ending with this one, it is a good ending. They don't always happen that way,' said lieutenant Rob Gerkin, of the FWC, after the man and dog survived the gator attack.
A Florida man has escaped with minor injuries after jumping into a canal to rescue his pet dog from an alligator's jaws outside his home in the town of Nokomis. The animal attack occurred on Friday at around 5 p.m., according to an official with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ,. A sanctioned trapper responded to the scene at about 11 p.m., capturing a gator spanning over 9 feet long.
Luckily, the Labrador and its courageous owner were not seriously hurt. An FWC officer said the dog was taken to the vet and both the pet and owner had only suffered minor injuries during the incident. It was not immediately clear if the man had been bitten by the alligator during the incident. Local resident Kelley Ann Ayers, of Nokomis Beach, said on social media that sheof the animal from a dock when it was spotted in the area the week prior to the Labrador attack.
"Before the trapper could get here it attacked a dog four doors down and the owner jumped in and saved the dog! Remarkably they are both OK!" Ayers' post continued."It was huge!"
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