alligators

PIERRE PART, La. (AP) — Alligators treed a Baton Rouge couple whose boat sank in choppy waters on Lake Verrett. Deputies from Assumption and St. Martin parishes found Gerald and Lisa Triche early Monday, about 15 feet up in cypress trees along the lake's edge in Assumption Parish...

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has cited an Evangeline Parish man for capturing alligators out of season.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has cited an Evangeline Parish man for capturing alligators out of season. LDWF officials say they got an anonymous tip from the Department's tipline that John Sonnier of Basille was holding the alligators in a container near his home

When you think of alligators, you think of shoes, wallets, long lasting handbags, and of course Swamp People. But researchers at UL say there is another use for them.

You may have seen them on television, hunting alligators during the season, and now they are visiting Lafayette.  Troy and Jacob Landry spoke to Bernadette Lee and Ken Romero on the Morning Report about their lives, their work and their love of Louisiana.