Alligator hunting season is open in Texas, and one grandmother has already bagged a prize that has people talking.
Judy B. Cochran killed a 3.5-metre, 225-kilogram gator Monday while hunting at her family鈥檚 ranch.
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Cochran, who is the mayor of the town of Livingston, Tex., posted a photo to Facebook of herself with the gator, and received a skeptical reaction from her friends.
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Cochran suspects the alligator may be to blame for the disappearance of a miniature horse from the ranch three years ago.
The gator has been taken to a taxidermist. Cochran plans to have its head and tail mounted and the rest of its body fashioned into boots.
Texas allows alligator hunting for a three-week period in September. All gators must be baited and caught before they can legally be killed.
