This Is Stupid

[Scott_Erin]

If it will all of you more at ease, I have no problem with taking that cute,tasty,little critter and giving it a home for my 7 day visit in late October. O yea, all will be invited to the BBQ. Just remember it all taste like chicken here in MS.

 

[disneyfan4u]

If you read through various threads, many of people have spotted and taken pictures of them on the property.

I live out in the country and the thought of one of those sharing my vacation spot does make me a little nervous. With that being said MD has tons of bears and I don't worry about them cause they are not near my house. So I think saying that just cause your in Florida you should be prepared for Gators just doesn't seem right. And then I think they do a good job on keeping other "pests" out well why can't they keep them out. It is not like they are very small. That seems like a no brainer to try to keep them out. Seems like a big liablity to keep them around.

 

[coastermom]

I wish someone would take me to WDW and release me.

... I agree .. BTW we were on the bus one day and seen a gator in the water on the side of the road . I then asked a CM about it and they told me it was common and that they were left alone if they were not in Guest areas.

 

[Disney_Angel]

Oh heck he probably will get a movie deal and new park ride named after him.

 

[disneyfan4u]

Oh heck he probably will get a movie deal and new park ride named after him.

LOL, maybe that is where the inspiration for Stitch came from.

 

[PrincessKitty1]

Me too! Every time we leave WDW to come home I remind my dh that I don't want to leave. He says he will leave me if disney would take care of me. LOL Maybe disney needs a home for women in their fifties who just want to run away to disney. Oh yeah they have them---they are called resorts. LOL

Hear, hear! Perhaps you read my thread several months ago about the feasability of retiring to WDW and living full-time in a Value Resort; how the price might compare to assisted living, etc., etc. It' a great fantasy!! (Of course, I'm only 50-something too and have no intention of retiring anytime soon, but a girl can dream, right?!? ).

 

[PrincessMama605]

If it will all of you more at ease, I have no problem with taking that cute,tasty,little critter and giving it a home for my 7 day visit in late October. O yea, all will be invited to the BBQ. Just remember it all taste like chicken here in MS.

That's what my first thought was when I read this.......mmm gator

 

[figmentedpixie]

With that being said MD has tons of bears and I don't worry about them cause they are not near my house.

We do????

 

[disnut8]

Ok I almost died when I read this article in todays Press of Atlantic City. I don't think I can post links here. But if you go to their website the story is there in today's web edition including a photo of the 4 foot gator who was abandoned on the side of the road (he was someone's pet!) and is now being relocated to Disneyworld He will be released in the waterways surrounding WDW according to the article. Unbelievable. Couldn't they release him in a more remote area?

I can't get to the article but Disney World is a nature preserve in itself and also has a preserve nearby. Someone mentioned Gatorland but those alligators do not live their lives in their natural habitat. They are living in captivity. Being relocated to Disney World will allow the gator to live as he would have naturally.

If you've been to Gatorland (I have), you'll see that there are tons of gators there and it's not the easiest thing in the world to introduce a new gator that was not born there. They really have their own system for raising the gators there.

 

[Lynne M]

And then I think they do a good job on keeping other "pests" out well why can't they keep them out. It is not like they are very small. That seems like a no brainer to try to keep them out. Seems like a big liablity to keep them around.

How would they keep them out? It's not like you can spray for them, as they do with mosquitoes. And Disney doesn't really keep the other pests out. At WDW, you'll find poisonous snakes, poisonous spiders, lizards, rats, mice, you name it, and that's just at the resorts. Anything potentially dangerous is removed when it's found, but they certainly can't get them all.

There's 40+ square miles of land there, most of it undeveloped woods or swamp. Even if they somehow managed to remove every single alligator on the property, within a week there would be more, unless they put a fence around all of WDW. Which would be like putting a fence around Boston.

 

[ms_missy66]

I think everyone gets it that WDW is huge and has some absolutely beautiful, lush and ideal habitats for critters like gators. I just think it's a weird Disney PR move to advertise gators and places for children together in one breath. That's all. I don't necessarily think my family's safety has truly been compromised because of this guy. It's just a strange headline that is sure to promote reactions is all.

May said gator live a very long and healthy life with lots of gator, poisonous snake and bear friends on the WDW property, yet stay far far away from anyone who would cause them a threat and vice versa.

Have I got everyone's opinions covered? LOL

 

[TagsMissy]

If you read through various threads, many of people have spotted and taken pictures of them on the property.

I live out in the country and the thought of one of those sharing my vacation spot does make me a little nervous. With that being said MD has tons of bears and I don't worry about them cause they are not near my house. So I think saying that just cause your in Florida you should be prepared for Gators just doesn't seem right. And then I think they do a good job on keeping other "pests" out well why can't they keep them out. It is not like they are very small. That seems like a no brainer to try to keep them out. Seems like a big liablity to keep them around.

"Keep them out".... Keep them out of where? The property that we as humans moved in on? Has anybody ever been injured or killed? Not that I've ever heard of... Startled, sure if they aren't paying attention.

They are as much of a liability to Disney for human's not paying attention as they'd be for two cars getting into an accident for not paying attention. I do not think Disney is doing anything wrong; they monitor the gators and when they get beyond a certain length move them to a more remote area; beyond that I don't believe they aught be banished.

 

[disneyfan4u]

We do????

Yes I am in the country near the mountains. Even parts of northwest Baltimore county has had it's fair share of black bears being in backyards, even seen on 795.

 

[figmentedpixie]

Yes I am in the country near the mountains. Even parts of northwest Baltimore county has had it's fair share of black bears being in backyards, even seen on 795.

Huh. You learn something new every day. I'nteresting.

 

[bytheblood]

I don't think it is stupid. I think it would be stupid to just kill him instead of putting him somethere he can live.

 

[disneyfan4u]

How would they keep them out? It's not like you can spray for them, as they do with mosquitoes. And Disney doesn't really keep the other pests out. At WDW, you'll find poisonous snakes, poisonous spiders, lizards, rats, mice, you name it, and that's just at the resorts. Anything potentially dangerous is removed when it's found, but they certainly can't get them all.

There's 40+ square miles of land there, most of it undeveloped woods or swamp. Even if they somehow managed to remove every single alligator on the property, within a week there would be more, unless they put a fence around all of WDW. Which would be like putting a fence around Boston.

True but I hope never to see one, I personally am scared of them, snakes and tornado's. Boy I hope I am never iw/a gator in a tornado that has picked up snakes and drops them on me. LOL Sorry bad joke.

 

[disneyfan4u]

Huh. You learn something new every day. I'nteresting.

Which county are you in? They may not be near you. They are mainly near the heavily wooded areas.

 

[xbonnie38]

I think thats ONE LUCKY GATOR!!!....I to am glad that atleast Disney is for saving these animals and many others,,,like other people here have said animals were here first ....We Are The Intruders!

 

[TeamEdward218]

True but I hope never to see one, I personally am scared of them, snakes and tornado's. Boy I hope I am never iw/a gator in a tornado that has picked up snakes and drops them on me. LOL Sorry bad joke.

hahahahaha that is funny! I agree!

 

[Tink3Bell]