Alligator hunt approved for Loxahatchee wildlife refuge - Sun Sentinel

Surprising. They expect a lot of demand for the initial 11 permits, but that number could be expanded over time. There seems to be different points of view about whether hunting should even be permitted in wildlife "refuges", but this seems to be a trend that is taking hold in other wildlife areas. Click title for link.

The hunt, expected to begin in August, will allow a maximum of 11 hunters to kill a total of 22 alligators, a modest beginning for what supporters and opponents expect will be an expanded hunt in coming years.
Newton Cook, executive director of United Waterfowlers of Florida, which supports the hunt, said he expected competition for the few permits to be fierce.
"There will be hundreds of applications," he said. "There's a lot of really big gators in there that haven't been hunted, and people want to go where the big gators are."