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	Alligator Farming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		During the early to mid 1900's the harvesting of alligators was unregulated, leading to serious depletion of alligator populations.
		Alligator farming is now a thriving business, with an estimated 30+ alligator farms in the State of Florida.
		Alligator meat averages $5-$7 a pound wholesale, and while skin prices vary year to year, the average price is around $25 per foot.
	www.gatorland.com /fun/farming.html (412 words)

	Alligator Production in Florida
		Alligators were hunted in Florida as early as the 1860s to provide leather belting for industry and boots for the military, and the first alligator farm was established as a commercial enterprise in 1891.
		Alligator farming as a commercial enterprise is most suited for the Southern United States, the natural range of the alligator.
		Alligator reproductive rates on the farms have not reached the efficiency found in the wild population where 80% of the eggs hatch.
	edis.ifas.ufl.edu /BODY_VM035 (1763 words)

	Alligator Management - Alligator Farming Regulations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Farm buildings and outside tanks on the respective farm, that are not separated by a minimum of 100 feet, shall be visibly marked with the name of the farm or other identifier to facilitate inventory inspections.
		The alligator farm and stock may not be sold or otherwise disposed of to any alligator farm of which the permittee or a relative is an officer, director, or principal or holds any interest.
		The possession of any alligator hide or carcass not tagged as prescribed herein or any unskinned, untagged, frozen alligator carcass is prohibited, and such hides and carcasses shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture to the Commission under the provisions of s.
	myfwc.com /gators/farming/regulations.htm (2291 words)

	Alligator Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Growers raise their alligators in heated houses to a length of approximately four feet, at which time some portion may be required to be returned to the areas they were originally collected from as eggs while the rest are slaughtered for hides and meat.
		Once alligators are marketable, they are slaughtered and skinned, but in some cases such as in Louisiana, not before a pre-designated percentage have been returned to natural habitats to replace those that would have survived up to that point.
		One of the main problems facing the alligator farming industry is the lack of public awareness, especially in metropolitan areas, with respect to the wildlife management that forms the basis of the industry.
	www.agmrc.org /agmrc/commodity/aquaculture/alligator/alligatorprofile.htm (2153 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- FARM SCENE: Researcher explores alligator farming in Iowa
		CASTANA, Iowa – A harsh fact of hog farming is that not all piglets in a litter survive, leaving the farmer with the trouble of burying the animals or the expense of having them hauled away.
		Their tank is in a farm building that houses office space for the research farm, where about 120 cattle and about 1,000 hogs are finished each year.
		A typical alligator farm in the South – they're most prevalent in Louisiana and Florida – raises about 3,000 of the reptiles.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20030223-2247-iowaalligators.html (619 words)

	Growfish - Gippsland Aquaculture Industry Network (GAIN)
		Alligators, the snapping reptiles already known for their contributions to food and fashion, may soon start giving of themselves to public health and cosmetics as well.
		For as long as anyone can remember, the part of the alligator that yields collagen amounted to nothing more than leftovers to be tossed after the meat had been removed for alligator sauce piquante and other culinary creations, and the hide had been taken for designer shoes, handbags and wallets.
		In enumerating alligator collagen's potential medical uses, Schexnayder said it can provide a foundation for skin grafts and bone construction, and it may be able to fight cancer.
	www.growfish.com.au /content.asp?contentid=4700 (642 words)

	Gator Farming with GIS
		Editor's note: The American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), once endangered, is an outstanding example of a species that has recovered as a result of conservation measures.
		The number of baby alligators released is believed to exceed the number that would survive in the wild.
		Each July, alligator eggs are gathered from wild nests across the Terrebonne Estuary in south-central Louisiana and brought to the DANECO farmstead.
	www.esri.com /news/arcuser/0102/alligator.html (874 words)

	Alligator Farm
		This led him to joke that about half the alligators they have are plastic, and the other handlers go out and rearrange them while we are all in watching the talk, thereby fooling us into thinking they're all real.
		We were both surprised that alligator hide on the alligator feels much like alligator hide as a purse -- stiff but still smooth and supple, with a little give to it.
		As alligators are ectotherms (cold-blooded) they are about the same temperature as the air or water around them.
	www.lsus.edu /faculty/~jsigle/FloridaEast/AlligatorFarm.htm (769 words)

	CNN.com - Alligator farms may be coming to Iowa - Feb. 24, 2003
		A harsh fact of hog farming is that not all piglets in a litter survive, leaving the farmer with the trouble of burying the animals or the expense of having them hauled away.
		Someday soon, however, that farmer may be able to dispose of the animals by feeding them to new dwellers on his farm: alligators.
		Their tank is in a farm building that houses office space for the research farm, where about 120 cattle and about 1,000 hogs are finished each year.
	www.cnn.com /2003/US/Midwest/02/24/alligators.iowa.ap/index.html (714 words)

	Excursia \| St. Augustine, FL, USA \| Attractions: Alligator Farm Tills the Tourists' Trail
		The St. Augustine Alligator Farm, a nationally accredited zoological park, is home to more than 1,500 live alligators.
		The albino alligator was thought to be only a folk legend among the bayou people, who considered it good luck to see one.
		The Alligator Farm is the number-one bird-watching spot in Florida for viewing wading birds.
	excursia.com /destinations/USA/FL/st.augustine/stories/20010827/att_alligatorfarm.shtml (707 words)

	East Los Angeles Net - "The Community Hub" Lincoln Heights 90031 The California Alligator Farm 1907-1953
		In 1907, when most Southern Californians thought alligator was a kind of handbag or boot, Francis Earnest, a one-time mining camp cook, and partner "Alligator" Joe Campbell amassed a small fortune by putting hundreds of the snappy reptiles on display.
		Their alligator farm was located on Mission Road and Lincoln Park Avenue, next door to the Ostrich Farm, which Earnest had opened the year before.
		The farm in Buena Park beset by dwindling attendance and an expired lease closed and moved its animals to a private preserve in Florida.
	www.eastlosangeles.net /alligator.html (968 words)

	The Daily Advertiser - www.theadvertiser.com - Lafayette, LA
		At Sagrera's farm, they killed and processed about 4,000 alligators that were big enough after hurricane damage forced them to shut down one part of the farm and transfer 25,000 alligators to another part of the farm.
		In Vermilion and Cameron parishes, some of the sheds where alligator eggs are hatched and gators are matured were flooded with salt water during Rita's storm surge, said Mark Shirley, LSU AgCenter aquaculture specialist.
		In addition, much of the wild alligators' habitat was killed by the hurricane, including some of its food sources, such as nutria and muskrat.
	www.theadvertiser.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051007/BUSINESS/510070342/1046 (576 words)

	St. Augustine Alligator Farm
		The St. Augustine Alligator Farm is more than just an attraction, it is also a historic site.
		The Alligator Farm joined the elite group of properties throughout the United States that enjoy the distinction of being listed in the National Register of Historic Places, which is the nation's official catalog of historically significant sites and buildings.
		Alligator Show - This is an educational entertaining show filled with little known facts about Florida's most interesting and dangerous animals.
	www.hiddenlagoon.com /attractions/north/alligatorfarmsta.htm (225 words)

	Alligator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Florida alligator responded immediately to protection and was reclassified as threatened in 1977 because of its similarity in appearance to the American Crocodile.
		Habitat: Alligators live in all Florida counties but are most common in the major river drainage basins and large lakes in the central and southern portion of the state.
		Early operators of Florida's unique wildlife attractions discovered that the alligator would successfully breed and thrive in captivity, and the first alligator farm was established as a commercial enterprise in 1891.
	sarasota.extension.ufl.edu /FCS/FlaFoodFare/Aligator.htm (675 words)

	Alligator Bay Feeding
		Alligators swim, eat and bask in a natural environment.
		Several days a week, you'll appreciate the hidden strength of the alligator when the normally placid reptiles power through the water to satisfy their appetite.
		Alligators can jump out of the water to grab animals out of low branches overhanging waterways.
	www.caribbeangardens.com /Visitor_Info/zoo-events/alligatorbay.html (236 words)

	St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park: MAXIMO
		As a juvenile he was transported to the Cairns Crocodile Farm, the largest commercial crocodile farm in Australia.
		The St. Augustine Alligator Farm is the only zoological park in the world with a collection of all 23 species of living crocodilians.
		Continuing scientific studies and conservation efforts supported by the St. Augustine Alligator Farm and the American Zoological Association are intended to contribute to the body of knowledge concerning these magnificent reptiles and to help assure their preservation.
	www.alligatorfarm.com /maximo (306 words)

	News 14 Carolina \| 24 Hour Local News \| TOP STORIES
		Admission is free to the Richmond County farm.
		The farm is a favorite field trip for local students, some of whom were visiting Wednesday.
		Alligators can be aggressive, but they fear people more than people fear them.
	www.news14charlotte.com /content/top_stories?ArID=35153&addvid=20049 (291 words)

	Sweetwater Creek Alligator Farm
		The American Alligator is a native of this region.
		Alligators are carnivores and they eat whatever they find, from fish, turtles, snakes, waterbirds to small mammals.
		We always talk about the snakes at the Farm to spice the tour of curious city tourists, but this time was no joke.
	hometown.aol.com /mode51/myhomepage/business.html (733 words)

	Alexander in Florida: The Everglades
		The farm breeds gators for their meat and their skin, and doubles as a tourist attraction.
		He does this by pulling the alligators' tails, and seeing how vigorous they are in their attempt to bite his arm off.
		Alligators are reptiles, and they generally only eat once a week.
	www.leaptoad.com /ahp/everglades.html (1040 words)

	Wired News: Up to His Heinie in Alligators
		Standing in front of a pond that houses at least a dozen alligators, St. Augustine Alligator Farm curator John Brueggen pointed out one particularly large male who appeared to be in a deep sun-induced coma.
		The Alligator Farm is accredited by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, an affiliation of animal-care facilities that work together to ensure the health and genetic diversity of captive species.
		Each alligator and crocodile in the Alligator Farm's collection is identified by an embedded microchip and a toe tag bearing its individual ID number.
	www.wired.com /news/roadtrip/0,2640,61315,00.html (808 words)

	Alligator Meat - ExoticMeats.Com Order Meat Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Alligator meat tastes somewhere between chicken and rabbit, with perhaps a hint of frog legs.
		Alligator can be used in jambalayas, soups, and stews.
		Alligator patties, 3 patties to 1 lb pack $12.00 per lb.
	www.exoticmeats.com /store/index.php?cPath=24_26 (214 words)

	Official Code 27-2-10 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Any person desiring to establish, maintain, and operate a commercial alligator farm shall apply to the department for such a license.
		It shall also be unlawful for any person, including a person with a valid commercial alligator farming license, to sell, barter, exchange, give, or loan any live alligator to any other person without first obtaining a permit from the department to so sell, barter, exchange, give, or loan the live alligator.
		(c) It shall be unlawful for any person with a valid commercial alligator farming license to acquire or possess any alligator hide or carcass except from the harvest of live alligators lawfully in his possession and on his alligator farm.
	www.state.ga.us /cgi-bin/pub/ocode/ocgsearch?docname=OCode/G/27/2/10 (314 words)

	Aquaculture in North Carolina--Contacts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In another nine to 12 months, this alligator will reach a total length of four to five feet, and will be ready to be marketed as gator meat and leather.
		Tommy Peacock's vision for North Carolina's first alligator farm began with two realities: a cousin who is a successful alligator farmer near Tampa, Florida, and neighbors in North Carolina with an excess of livestock mortality for disposal.
		The alligators are fed chicken mortalities from a nearby farm, with about 600 pounds of chicken meat ground and fed each day.
	www.agr.state.nc.us /aquacult/fpeacock.html (345 words)

	Terry and Diana's Florida Day Trips - St. Augustine Alligator Farm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The original Alligator Farm was established in 1893 along the South Beach, and moved to its present site in 1922.
		In the past three decades, the Alligator Farm has cooperated with the University of Florida and other institutions in continuing studies of various species that inhabit the facility.
		In addition to investigating the habits of alligators, scientists are conducting research at the Alligator Farm on the interaction of birds, reptiles, and other animals who share its grounds and waters.
	home.cfl.rr.com /floridadaytrips/StAugustineAlligatorFarm.htm (383 words)

	Colorado Alligator Farm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Almost twenty-years later, the Alligator Farm is thriving with eighty-three of the original gators brought from Florida, and stretching out over several acres of land.
		The Colorado Alligator Farm is the only place in the country that gives lessons in alligator wrestling.
		The Colorado Alligator Farm, through it's several years of growth and change, has become a place for family fun, education, and recreation using a natural ecosystem with a hint of exoticism.
	colorado.allinfoabout.com /recreation/alligatorfarm.html (556 words)

	Alligator Farm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		This man raises alligators and has done so for over thirty-five years.
		I am assured that no alligators are harmed in this attraction, that these gators are not raised for their hides or meat; yet there are a relativelly large number of three-year-old alligators, and only a couple of seventy-five-plus-year-old alligators.
		The Arkansas Alligator Farm is on Whittington Avenue in Hot Springs.
	users.aristotle.net /~russjohn/gator.html (439 words)

	ALLIGATORS, CAYMANS & CROCODILES - Old Vintage Antique Postcard Postcards
		USA - Los Angeles (California) : Trained alligators shooting the chutes at the California Alligator Farm.
		PANAMA - Alligator quartette on the Bayano river.
		USA - St. Augustine (Florida) : Whitney's Alligator Farm, 1000 Gator Eggs Hatching.
	www.postcardman.net /animals_alligators.html (252 words)

	Florida's Historic A1A Scenic Byway - St Augustine Alligator Farm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Founded in 1893, the St. Augustine Alligator Farm is one of Floridaâs oldest zoological attractions.
		The opportunity for useful research at the Alligator Farm resulted mainly from the fact that it contained the three oldest collections of the species in existence, permitting observation of reptiles that had been living in a controlled environment for decades.
		The attention which the Alligator Farm focused on the alligator contributed to public awareness about the plight of the creatures in the 1960s and 1970sâ”when the species came perilously close to extinction.
	www.scenica1a.org /staugalligatorfarm.aspx (511 words)

	Florida Visiting - Everglades Alligator Farm
		The smaller alligators are kept in growout pens and the larger
		alligators are in natural settings called breeding ponds.
		farm to see the alligators, crocodiles, caimans, and wildlife.
	floridavisiting.com /everglades.html (339 words)

	Why You Should Visit the Everglades Alligator Farm - Associated Content
		The Everglades Alligator Farm is one of the busiest attractions in the area of Homestead, Florida.
		Florida began allowing commercial farming of alligators around the year of 1985, and John Hudson was the first person to open a farm like this in Dade County, Florida.
		Florida considered Commercial Farming of the Alligators to be beneficial in the aspect that it could preserve the species.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/65913/why_you_should_visit_the_everglades.html (560 words)

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