The 13-foot, 6-inch gator weighed 920 pounds and was captured in Lake Eufaula on Aug. 14.
Arkansas Alligator Farm and Petting Zoo manager Jamie Bridges told reporters that surveillance video shows to people wearing masks breaking into the farm after 2 a.m. Saturday and stuffing the alligators into bags.
Mississippi wildlife officials believe the spike in poaching is directly tied to more alligator hunting shows on TV. One official says they see the shows and just think it's cool.
Wildlife officials say a worker at a central Florida ecotourism attraction was injured in an alligator attack.
Officials say all 920 Mississippi alligator public water hunting permits sold within less than an hour of becoming available.
Wildlife authorities have been unable to find an alligator that attacked a black Labrador retriever named Haze after it chased a bird into the Hillsborough River in a Tampa park.
An 11-foot, 400-pound alligator game officials say was shot and killed without a permit has been identified as the beast that killed a late-night swimmer at a Southeast Texas marina.
The owners of a marina recently had spotted a large alligator on a few occasions, and put up a sign warning people to stay out of the water. They estimated that animal was longer than 11 feet.
An alligator found in a South Florida neighborhood with an arrow in its side has been euthanized.