A Florida man has been
arrested after police say he illegally trapped and killed five small alligators
for a homemade "Super Bowl Dinner."
Richard
Nixie, 30, was busted at his DeBary home just two hours before the big game
even started Sunday after trapping the American alligators which were described
as less than 5-feet in length.
The
average adult female American alligator, in comparison, is said to grow to be
8.3-feet while the male's average is 11.2-feet.
The gators
are federally protected while considered threatened. Their hunting is legal but
only during harvest seasons and with a permit, according to the Florida Fish
and Wildlife Conservation.
Nixie was
charged with possession and taking alligators without a proper tag.
Records
show he was released from the Volusia County jail on $500 bail.
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