WATCH: Tarrant County deputies catch and release alligator

Amy McDaniel

August 28, 2024 at 7:08 p.m.

The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office released video Wednesday of deputies wrangling and capturing an alligator in order to relocate it.

The gator was relocated to a nature preserve off Eagle Mountain Lake, the Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post.

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