Source:Emma Prestwich, Huffingtonpost.ca, April 7, 2016

Hunters in Florida recently killed a nearly 15-foot (4.5-metre) long, 800-pound (360-kg) gator that was eating their livestock, they told Fox13 News.

The reptile was so big that they had to use a tractor to pull its carcass out of the water, hunting guide Blake Godwin told the outlet.

He said he and hunter Lee Lightsey found the alligator while on a guided hunt on their company farm April 2, he said.

After seeing cattle remains in a pond, Lightsey shot the animal as it came out of the water about 20 feet (six metres) in front of them.

Lightsey told the BBC the alligator was one of the largest he’d ever seen, but he wasn’t surprised it existed.