Usually, you would expect to catch an alligator chewing on their prey. But in this case, the gator was chewing on a squeak toy! Suddenly, the nickname “swamp puppy” has never felt so accurate.

A German Shepherd dog named Zeus was attacked by an alligator outside his Florida home on June 2, according to a GoFundMe ...

An 8-foot alligator decided it wanted to say hello! ... “Over the weekend, this 8-foot swamp puppy showed up on a Bonita Springs residents doorstep!” the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said.

Capturing an alligator is no easy feat, let alone one that's 8 feet long. But a pair of Florida deputies and a wildlife official recently made it look easy in a wrangling that was captured on video.

It's no secret many would do anything to protect their pets. For one man, that meant fighting off an alligator.

A fearless Florida woman jumped on top of an alligator and pried its jaws open to save her beloved dog from being attacked during their nightly stroll. Kim Spencer and her pooch, Kona, were on an ...