I call the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to have all alligators removed. That Dept. has never been unresponsive. Very small gators don't seem to be a problem but as they grow they begin to believe that pets and small children are food. The large ones would consider an adult to be on the menu - an adult anything. A couple years ago, while cutting weeds on my pond edge, I happened to glance up and five feet from me was a seven foot gator watching me.