A quiet walk near the water turned into a sudden nightmare when an alligator lunged and grabbed the man’s dog. Without stopping to think, he rushed forward and confronted the animal at close range.

ESTERO, Fla. -- In a dramatic encounter recorded by surveillance cameras, a Florida man chased an alligator under water and rescued his 3-month-old puppy from the jaws of death. Richard Wilbanks, 74, ...

LAND O’LAKES, Fla. (WTSP) - Alligators are part of life in central Florida, and small dogs are easy prey. But one owner decided to fight back to protect her pup. Four-month-old Dax probably has no ...

LAND O' LAKES, Fla. — A woman in Land O' Lakes is recovering tonight from a nasty bite after she saved her puppy from an alligator in her backyard. Danie Wright said even though the gator was young, ...