More than 200 alligators removed from Disney World since toddler’s death in 2016
Alligators removed under the Statewide Nuisance Alligator Program, ClickonOrlando.com reports
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – At least 226 nuisance alligators have been trapped and removed from Walt Disney World property since a toddler was killed by an alligator at a Disney resort nearly five years ago, according to a report from ClickonOrlando.com.
Lane Thomas Graves, 2, was snatched and dragged into a lagoon from a beach outside Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort in June of 2016.
In the eight years before his death, wildlife trappers removed an average of 23 alligators a year from Disney property, but after the attack, substantially more alligators have been removed each year, state records show.