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Meet the trapper who removed a 10-foot alligator from a Jacksonville elementary school

Published: May 24, 2023 at 5:24 PMUpdated: June 4, 2024 at 2:49 AM

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A Jacksonville man is getting the spotlight for wrangling a massive alligator in an elementary school parking lot Sunday night. Mike Dragich, a licensed Florida alligator trapper, alongside Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department and Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office employees, trapped and removed a 10-foot alligator that was roaming the campus of Northwestern Legends Elementary School in the Moncrief community.

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