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A July 2024 report in the AZ Animals blog sums up the largest alligator population by state: Louisiana: 2 million alligators. Florida: 1.3 million alligators. ... Oklahoma: 100 to 200 alligators-
American alligators are found in the southeast United States: all of Florida and Louisiana; the southern parts of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi; coastal South and North Carolina; East Texas, the southeast corner of Oklahoma, and the southern tip of Arkansas. Louisiana has the largest alligator population. [21]
An additional report of alligator attacks showed a total of 376 injuries and 15 deaths recorded all from 1948 to 2004, leading this to an increase of the alligator population. [149] In May 2006, American alligators killed three Floridians in less than a week. [ 150 ]
Also in southeastern Oklahoma lives the American alligator. [73] Protected lands ... In 2011, 47.3% of Oklahoma's population younger than age ...
In fact, hypothetical models of alligator populations in the U.S. show that hunters would have to decrease the gator population by more than 90% in order to completely prevent human interaction ...
That said, South Carolina’s Post and Courier reports that the state recorded five deaths resulting from alligator attacks between 2016 and 2022 but none in the previous 16 years.
Wildlife officials shot the alligator, which was still holding the lifeless body of the boy 20 hours later. [44] [46] October 3, 1993 Grace Eberhart, 70, female: Florida — She was killed by one or more alligators at Lake Serenity, Sumter County. She died of a broken neck caused by an alligator bite to the throat and head. [44] [46] June 19, 1993
After an alligator attack in a neighboring state, Georgia alligator experts give insight and advice on how to keep safe and appreciate the reptiles.