Alligators in Florida are a large attraction for tourist, granted most are road side attractions of Farm and zoo but seeing an Alligator on a tour of the everglades is a big industry and Imagine what a location/destination for tourist to visit an endangered species like the American Crocodile on Ambergris Caye would draw and also the benefit of having protected habitat for Crocs would benefit other inhabitants of the mangrove as well as protect the entire mangal.

The problems are not with crocs in native habitat. The problem is with reactions between people and crocs. I am in favor of a hunting season every few years. As crocs are protected but the habitats are not there are now too many crocs for the available food supply hence the problems. A season would clear out the problems who have become dependent on man for food and restore a healthy fear of man which seems to have disappeared from the problem crocs and help balance the food/croc ratio.

crocs that depend on man for food do so because we either feed them or make it easy for them to find food (trash in our yard, throw scraps out the window, etc) Not because there is not enough natural prey to eat.

Educating the people on tours to see them in their natural habitat seems like win win win.

This is very true, however, we have protected crocs as endangered species but through our commercial developments have destroyed the habit of the natural prey for crocs. We have less prey and more crocs. Through our developments we have changed the balances and crocs and man have more exposure, trash etc.. As they dont have enough to eat and their habits have changed they get in yards and eat pets and have attacked children. Even though much of the local problems have come from feeding them they are not any less a problem. For every one that was caught and shipped away two more appeared to replace them. We do have a lot of crocs and dont enforce the no feeding laws.

ACES performed a needed function but was not enough. As Saga cannot be successful until more animal control is established by the Town Council, ACES needs the support of possibly a hunting season so the numbers are manageable. The Education part of ACES needs to be emphasized as a start.

On the other side of the coin; as humans are the cause of these problems then we should have a hunting season for them as well...