Woman killed by alligator was visiting home to do owner's nails, tried to touch the gator

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96. The property owners warned the woman and she ignored them

Same as if a dog owner warned someone that their dog could bite and someone ignored the owner - I don't believe the property owners should be held at fault.

In the county where I live any dog running free is illegal - they MUST be in the control of the owner. Since development began around here, there have been a several dogs who showed up running free. In every case it turned out that either the owners knew the dogs were loose or knew that their fences were not adequate but didn't bother to repair them. That means that the dogs were running free illegally. In one case, there is a very good possibility that my mares - who would attack free running canines, whether dogs (even my own), foxes or coyotes - may have killed one of the dogs. Boo-hoo, because if I had caught them running my livestock I would have shot them anyway.

Our bottom thirty acres is a quarter of a mile from any legal entrance and an eighth of a mile from my house. The neighborhood next door is closer, and I have had to threaten prosecution for poaching and trespass. Anyone who is on that part of my property that has not been approved by me is there illegally, so if an alligator bites them, too bad. No one has lived on that section in at least 75 years and likely no one has ever lived on it. Behind it is a conservation easement and eventually I will have a conservation easement on that portion of the farm to protect it forever.