Texas Parks and Wildlife - State record gator! This 14+ ft, 800 lb alligator was harvested by a special drawn permit hunt south of San Antonio. The once-threatened alligator population is now
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An 8-foot, pet alligator in Caldwell County is returned to the zoo it was taken from | KUT Radio, Austin's NPR Station
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