鳄鱼饲养方法 被鳄鱼咬断手 面临非法喂食鳄鱼指控?

被鳄鱼咬断手 面临非法喂食鳄鱼指控?  

An Everglades City airboat captain who lost his hand to an alligator last month was arrested ace Weatherholt
63
is facing a misdemeanor charge of unlawful feeding of an alligator. He has since bonded out and has a court appearance set for Aug. 22.
Weatherholt was leading an Indiana family on a tour of the Everglades on June 12 when he encountered a 9-foot alligator
which bit his hand off at the wrist.
After the attack
Florida Fish and Wildlife officers began an investigation into whether the captain had fed or provoked the alligator
leading to the attack.
这次攻击之后，佛罗里达州的渔业与野生动物部的官员对是否是因船长本人喂食而导致的攻击进行了调查。
In an interview shortly after the attack
FWC spokeswoman Carli Segelson said that there had been allegations of that happening.
The Associated Press reports that airboat passengers stated Weatherholt hung a fish over the side of the boat and had his hand at the water's surface when the alligator attacked. Feeding alligators is illegal. Those who feed an alligator face a second-degree misdemeanor
with a fine of up to $500 and possible jail time.
David Weathers
a nuisance-alligator trapper and owner of several alligators
said the reason it's illegal to feed alligators is because once the reptiles are fed by humans
they lose their fear. If the alligator in this incident had been fed in the past - either by Weatherholt or someone else - just the sight of the airboat could bring the alligator right up next to it
he said.
"Alligators have a natural fear of humans
" said Weathers
who often swims in the Everglades' alligator-infested waters. "If they see us
they take off. They see us as these giants hovering over them. They're not going to attack unless they've been fed."
Following the June 12 attack
wildlife officials tracked and killed the alligator. They retrieved Weatherholt's hand from its stomach
but doctors were unable to reattach it.