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Alligator caught outside Florida elementary school

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OCALA, Fla. (AP) — An alligator was removed from a retention pond near a Florida elementary school.

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The Ocala Star-Banner reports that a trapper responded and caught the 6-foot reptile early Thursday morning at Shady Hill Elementary School.

No students were in the area when the gator was discovered.