Mark Shirley, a Vermilion Parish alligator rancher who has been in the business for 20 years, said the progress is easy to see. Edit Close. Toggle navigation. Close 1 of Buy Now. Top stories in Acadiana in your inbox Twice daily we'll send you the day's biggest headlines. Sign up today. Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification.
Manage followed notifications. Close Followed notifications. Please log in to use this feature Log In. Don't have an account? LDWF closely monitors alligator farm operations. Staff inspect alligator farms to ensure compliance with requirements for sanitary conditions, temperature control, feeding, and spacing availability prior to approving facilities for licensing.
Staff monitor egg collection and ranching, determining the amount of eggs available for collection on a specific property, how many eggs were collected, and how many were hatched. They also monitor how many were returned to the wild, traveling to each farm and measuring, marking, and identifying the sex of every alligator before release. Staff also inspect and track the size and number of hides from alligator harvests, maintaining a database of who hunted or farmed each alligator and where each hide was shipped.
Export of alligator hides and products out of the United States is regulated through the Convention on Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES , a treaty which aims to ensure that international trade of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. While the American alligator is no longer endangered or threatened anywhere in the United States, it is listed on Appendix II of CITES due to its similarity of appearance to other crocodilian species which are endangered or threatened.
The U. In addition, each harvested alligator must have a CITES tag; information such as landowner, hunter or farmer, length, and shipper are recorded for every alligator harvested. Hunting menu. Estimated Deer Breeding Periods. Seasons and Regulations Research and Management. Fur Advisory Council. Mysterious, dangerous and tasty. Find out great information about North America's largest reptile. Go anywhere in Louisiana or the South and you might come across the alligator.
You find them in zoos, the swamps, as team mascots. Many consider alligators to be a delicacy. We present these facts you might not know about alligators. A fully grown male gator weighs around 1, pounds and can grow up to 15 feet in length. Louisianians Know About Alligators. They may grow potatoes on Idaho farms but here in Louisiana, we grow alligators! I want to share a little more information about the Louisiana alligator with you.
Their scientific name is Alligator Mississippiensis and they are the largest reptile in North America.
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