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Tips to follow to avoid alligators during their mating season

Conor Doherty,

June 12, 2024

Local

WATCH: Alligators submerged in frozen water, snouts stuck through ice to breathe

WWAY News,

January 23, 2024

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Certain wildlife coming out as temperatures rise in the area

Tanner Blue,

May 8, 2023

News

Are Cape Fear River 'forever chemicals' making alligators sick?

WWAY News,

November 4, 2022

News

Wildlife officials investigating Surf City alligator shooting

WWAY News,

September 5, 2022

Southport Police Department reporting increase in alligator captures, relocations

WWAY News,

May 26, 2022

Increased wildlife sightings in residential and commercial areas in Wilmington

Celeste Smith,

June 10, 2021

Several baby alligators spotted in Wrightsville Beach neighborhood

WWAY News,

July 1, 2020

Why gators are 'less interested in social distancing' in NC right now

WWAY News,

May 7, 2020

Albino alligator enjoys bath time at NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher

WWAY News,

November 22, 2019

Wilmington-area gators, fish show high levels of contaminants

WWAY News,

April 9, 2019

Orange gators are turning heads in South Carolina

WWAY News,

February 15, 2019

Alligators freeze in Brunswick Co. swamp with noses above ice

Associated Press,

January 24, 2019

The alligators at the swamp park are rescues and are used for educational purposes.

Alligators are predators: steer clear

Basil John,

August 21, 2018

Coastal NC county issues licenses to hunt gators

Associated Press,

August 14, 2018

Authorities: Wife, not alligators, behind Florida man's 2000 death

Associated Press,

May 9, 2018

Lake Waccamaw plans to apply for alligator hunting permit

WWAY News,

April 25, 2018

Alligator hunting banned in Belville town limits

WWAY News,

March 17, 2018

Alligator hunting now legal in NC after 44 year ban

WWAY News,

March 2, 2018

Ice, Ice, Gator? Alligators poke nose through ice to survive

WWAY News,

January 8, 2018

Meet the grandma who catches 200 alligators a year

ABC News,

December 27, 2017

More people apply to hunt alligators in South Carolina

Hannah Patrick,

June 14, 2017

Alligator Task Force public forums set for June

WWAY News,

May 26, 2017

Orange alligator appears in Calabash

Avery Hocutt,

February 21, 2017

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Tips to follow to avoid alligators during their mating season

WATCH: Alligators submerged in frozen water, snouts stuck through ice to breathe

Certain wildlife coming out as temperatures rise in the area

Are Cape Fear River 'forever chemicals' making alligators sick?

Wildlife officials investigating Surf City alligator shooting

Southport Police Department reporting increase in alligator captures, relocations

Increased wildlife sightings in residential and commercial areas in Wilmington

Several baby alligators spotted in Wrightsville Beach neighborhood

Why gators are 'less interested in social distancing' in NC right now

Albino alligator enjoys bath time at NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher

Wilmington-area gators, fish show high levels of contaminants

Orange gators are turning heads in South Carolina

Alligators freeze in Brunswick Co. swamp with noses above ice

Alligators are predators: steer clear

Coastal NC county issues licenses to hunt gators

Authorities: Wife, not alligators, behind Florida man's 2000 death

Lake Waccamaw plans to apply for alligator hunting permit

Alligator hunting banned in Belville town limits

Alligator hunting now legal in NC after 44 year ban

Ice, Ice, Gator? Alligators poke nose through ice to survive

Meet the grandma who catches 200 alligators a year

More people apply to hunt alligators in South Carolina

Alligator Task Force public forums set for June

Orange alligator appears in Calabash

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