Source: voanews.com

Officials with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission lately went surreptitiously to crackdown on people feeding alligators. Experts warn that interrelated with alligators could make conditions that could be potentially dangerous for humans. But feeding the wildlife is not the only thing troublesome the balance of nature in Florida. Exotic animals that were once pets and have been released into the wild are flourishing and creating major problems.

Officer Jorge Pino, with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, was part of a new three-day operation to catch people feeding the alligators. "The main purpose of the sting was just to get a message out, and that message is simple: don't feed the wildlife. And there are many reasons for that. People think that they may be doing the right thing by feeding alligators or feeding ducks or feeding dolphins or any wildlife. But in reality what you're doing is altering their behavior," he said.

Feeding alligators is a second-degree misdemeanor punished by up to a $500 fine and/or 60 days in jail.