Alligator wrestling as extreme sport

Alligator wrestlers in Florida are hoping to turn the tribal tradition into an international extreme sport.

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[Od3s]

stop torturing these animals you worthless shit

[ParArdua]

I hope the ALLIGATORS do eat these morons

cruelty and demeaning animals also demeans humans.

Irwin's death should have taught these pathetic specimens something.

[TheRobEarhart]

I'll call that man 'sir'.

[FLAMZETERNAL]

:( Not cool

[Snoep76239]

Try that with a wild 8-footer, chump....

[BjornUltimatum]

@ParArdua You do realize Steve Irwin was an animal activist who died by a stingray, right?



[theracistking999]

@pureefficient how could you say that? they are certainly not in good living conditions. alligators travel thousands of miles in their life, and that alligator in confined to a enlarged fish bowl. was there a need to wrestle with it, no, there wasn't. as usual, it was just for human entertainment. and no, most people do not love and cherish animal sports i.e the circus, rodeo, hunting. as they understand how cruel it is.

[pureefficient]

@Od3s Its not torture. These animals are well fed and in good living conditions. Torture would be to leave these natural born predators sitting around like a couch potatoe. I belive this will be 1 of the best extreme sports. Much like hunters and other animal related sports we love and cherish them. The money is also benificial for them as some is founded to help them out. They are not being killed or stabbed whatso ever.

[sparkey989]

If you're going to do this, at the least respect the gator as playing with a pet, not some fucking play thing

[drseth00789]

i think there should be weight classes, like in real sports. like the alligator should weigh as much as the opponent. i have trouble imagining one as big as this guy haha