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In July, George held a lottery to award permits to the 300 hunters who will be allowed to hunt alligators in that state's second alligator season.
Each hunter will pay a $50 permit and anyone accompanying a licensed hunter must also pay a $50 fee to the state of Georgia. The bag limit is 1 alligator per permit.
In the 1960s, Georgia's alligator population neared extinction, but today there are an estimated 200,000 of the animals in the state. In its 2003 alligator season, 180 hunters killed 73 alligators.
According to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, about 450 nuisance alligators are removed every year with trapping.
Source:
Alligator hunting season starts in Ga. Elliott Minor, Associated Press, July 7, 2004.
Alligator Hunting Season for 2004. Press Release, Georgia DNR.