Nuisance Control Application The Statewide Nuisance Alligator Program is accepting applications for contracted nuisance alligator trappers for Clay County and Alachua County. We are a nonprofit organization, serving the needs of the Florida Trappers. In 2016, alligator complaints led to the removal of over 8,000 alligators from Florida waters through the SNAP program. Alligator attacks rare in Florida, but nuisance gator numbers on the rise. Florida wants more gator trappers, but filling the jobs might be hard Forty years ago there were so few alligators, they were put on the endangered species list. With the weather warming and their hormones hopping during mating season, alligators have been popping up … MOST SURPRISING FACT: In 2017, SNAP received 13,210 nuisance alligator complaints and 8,455 nuisance alligators were removed. The Nuisance Wildlife Trappers listed below have indicated that they will work in the county(s) selected. SNAP maintains a list of wildlife management professionals with the proper permits in place to be deemed a Nuisance Alligator Trapper, these trappers are contacted and dispatched by SNAP as deemed necessary. You have probably seen his name in the news letters and got to know him at the Rendezvous, but we just wanted to give him a formal introduction and thank him for his dedication to trapping and to our association. Kimberly Miller @KMillerWeather Friday Apr 5, 2019 at 2:09 PM Apr 6, 2019 at 10:53 AM. Florida’s Alligator Management Program has five separate divisions, one of which is the Statewide Nuisance Alligator Program. This page on the Wildlife Resources Division Web site provides information relative to managing nuisance wildlife, including lists of nuisance trappers, how to become a trapper, preventing wildlife damage, trapping rules and regulations and much more. Everyone give a warm welcome to the newest member of the board, Mr. Harry Lindenmuth! Persons contacting the FWC looking for help with nuisance wildlife are directed to the wildlife trapper list. Sewall's Point police issue warning about alligator in Indian River Lagoon. She is one of just a few dozen nuisance trappers licensed by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. York is a Florida native who's been an alligator trapper for more than four years. We are comprised of fur trappers, nuisance trappers, hog trappers, gator trappers and USDA trappers. When he isn't catching alligators, he's running a construction company. No South Florida city south of West Palm Beach made the list. It is illegal in the Florida to relocate a nuisance alligator to another spot in the wild, so the gator has to be killed, euthanized, or put in captivity. An alligator nuisance complaint was reported to the Sewall's Point police and state wildlife authorities. FWT - Central Florida's #1 Wildlife Trapper. We don't mean to brag, but we have a reputation for outstanding customer service, professional trappers, and being the go-to trapper when there is a nuisance wildlife issue for a reason. Nuisance wildlife trappers (businesses) who want to remove mice, rats, squirrels, bats or pest birds should contact the Florida Department of Agriculture and … Interactive map shows where Florida's nuisance alligators are . *If a trapper has a Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (DACS) wildlife certification, you may search for the certification details using the DACS database. Should an alligator come lumbering into your yard, you can call SNAP toll free at 866-FWC-GATOR, and SNAP will send a nuisance alligator trapper to come collect it. Nuisance Wildlife: Prevention & Management. Alligator trapper Mark Whitmire prepares an alligator he caught in a lagoon on a golf course to relocate it to a more natural environment in Orlando, Florida, U.S., June 19, 2016. Their job: respond when any of the state's estimated 1.3 million gators pose a … A rarity. The Florida nuisance alligator trapper program is accepting applications for at least one county to help with the close to 15,000 statewide calls received each year.