By Associated Press - Friday, August 25, 2017

OCALA, Fla. (AP) - An alligator was removed from a retention pond near a Florida elementary school.

The Ocala Star-Banner reports that a trapper responded and caught the 6-foot reptile early Thursday morning at Shady Hill Elementary School.

No students were in the area when the gator was discovered.



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Information from: Ocala (Fla.) Star-Banner, https://www.starbanner.com/

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