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Alligator hunting gone wild, thanks to reality TV shows

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    Wildlife officials in Louisiana are seeing a steady increase in the number of illegal alligator hunting activities in recent years. They say gator-ba...

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Delhi Louisiana.

It's alligator hunting season.

Reggie little has made his living hunting alligators in the swans for more than forty years -- good news -- go to war.

But thanks in part to the growing popularity of Peter based reality TV shows.

His job is getting a little harder.

One other thing that's reality show call.

Your.

A lot more illegal -- Over the last four years the Louisiana department of wildlife and fisheries has seen a steady increase in the number of alligator hunting violations.

Jumping from a total of just sixty violations in 2008.

-- more than 100 already this year.

Or ticket money out of my pocket wherever provided there are sure Gallagher -- does not support group.

Alligators in Louisiana used to be almost extinct so they started regulating them -- out you can hunt any of these without a license this year they're expected.

To harvest 33 to 34000.

Alligators.

Even though were -- large numbers we're protecting the -- resource.

And ensuring that that while an alligator population will be -- -- as we move into future years to legally kill an alligator in Louisiana.

You need a few things.

An alligator hunting license permission from an owner of wetlands where you can actually hunt.

And attack from wildlife officials for huge Gator you catch it but -- -- -- this Louisiana -- my first Gator I'm -- tanning.

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