Gator Country

Gary Saurage had a dream to go rescue alligators from surrounding areas and to take them back to an alligator farm so that they could continue living and not be a harm to others. So four years ago he made a dream a reality and opened up Gator Country where he brings the rescued gators and gives educational shows to those who come to visit. Also he now has a tv show on CMT called Gator 911 where he and his team are filmed rescuing alligators from pipes, pools, peoples yards and other places. Gary is the only person in the world besides Steve Irwin to have the license he has to be able to go and rescue any gator, from any location and bring them back alive. He truely is an amazing guy!

Today I had the amazing opportunity to go with my friend D and some of her kids, they have rescued over 300 alligators all which reside here at G.C.( gator country). They brought Chubbs the baby alligator out for everyone to hold, they allowd each child to hold him and take a photo, they then brought out a 5 ft albino python and allowed everyone to touch or hold it as well. After that they gave each of the kids two hotdogs and let them go feed the alligators by throwing small pieces into the ponds, they then got everyone together and did a "show" for us. They talked for about 45 minutes about Alligators, Crocodiles, Caimans and Snakes. They had animals to comoe out and show the kids and they were very interactive and well educated, such a great thing for children! The last thing they showed us was Big Al he is the largest alligator in captivity in the state of Texas weighing in at more then 1000 pounds and longer then 14 feet long!

I really enjoyed going there today and learned so much about these animals it was so fascinating!