How do they keep gators out of the water?

[NotUrsula]

Dogs tend to get grabbed more often than cats because cats are not as curious about rancid odors. Gators in the wild are quite ripe-smelling because they eat mostly carrion. Dogs cannot resist getting right down in that stink, and they sometimes pay the price for that. Cats tend to be a bit more cautious and stay further back, and are usually more agile, so they stand a better chance of escaping.

There was a large gator that was caught a few years ago near Tarpon Springs, that hunters tracked using the radio collar signal from a missing hunting dog. When they opened it up, there were about a dozen radio collars inside it; it lived near a state duck hunting preserve, and had developed a taste for dogs.

 

[Disney Girlie-Wirlie]

Jeez Louise.......in the Magic Kingdom?? That must have been quite a sight to see. And I can't believe that somebody fed it.......and a turkey leg too. Well, it is Florida.....but I don't need to see a gator waving to me as I get on the Liberty Belle.

I know! It was pretty scary, it was so close! But it was on the other side of that wooden fence (which isn't exactly barbwire!) near the water, but it definitely still looked hungry!
Still have NO CLUE how it got there in the first place!