No matter the holiday, the rule in Florida remains: Don’t feed the gators.
A Port St. Lucie man was slapped with several citations after a law enforcement officer noticed him enticing a 6-foot reptile with a beef frank.
The gator had crawled out of a lake in Matthew P. Bucci‘s backyard, but instead of using a broom to push it back into the water, the 39-year-old pulled out a package of hot dogs and tossed it in the gator’s mouth.
Now it will be a Memorial Day of sorts for the reptile, who was captured and put down as part of Florida’s nuissance gator law.
As for the gator-feeder, it’s safe to call him a real wiener.