A South Florida woman has survived a horrific New Year’s Eve attack by an alligator that fought her as she tried to save her pet dog from the rampaging reptile.
Gwen Cash was taking her Rottweiler, Maximus, for a walk near her home in Pembroke Pines when the gator quickly approached her pet, WSVN reported.
“Within five minutes, we hadn’t been here too long, and he was there. I went, ‘Wow!’” Cash told the news outlet.
“I scanned the whole lake and just like that, he was there,” he said. “He turned around as if he was going to attack my dog’s throat. I tried to put my arm on my dog’s chest and that’s how I got scratched. I’m glad he didn’t keep his mouth shut.”
Florida resident Gwen Cash shows her bloody wounds after being attacked by an alligator as she rescued her puppy from the animal. WSVN “I’m glad he didn’t shut up,” Cash said of the gator. WSVN
Cash said he managed to pull his dog and bring him back inside, but he was left with a gaping wound on his arm.
He said he had contacted a trapper to relocate the animal from along Holly Lake.
“I think they are beautiful. They are in their natural habitat, you know? We came here, not the other way around,” Cash said.
Maximus the Rottweiler escaped injury. WSVN The South Florida woman has always lived near the Everglades because she enjoys being close to the area’s wildlife. WSVN
But he added: “I don’t think they’re pretty when they try to eat my dog. … Hey, if it’s not my dog, somebody’s kid can play.”
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission advises people not to feed wildlife, especially alligators, because it allows them to become comfortable with their environment and with humans.
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