LIVINGSTON,TEXAS — The mayor of Livingston, Texas decided to take matters into her own hands and shot dead an alligator she believed ate her miniature horse, reports The Houston Chronicle.<br /><br />Judy B. Cochran believes the 12-foot-long, 580-pound alligator could have eaten her miniature horse several years ago as it was much larger than other alligators in the area.<br /><br />She used a dead racoon as a bait for the alligator, caught it and hooked it up.<br /><br />After that, Cochran fired a single shot straight into the gator's head.<br /><br />The grandmother did receive some negative comments for killing the gator, but she believed it would have become a nuisance to another person if she didn't handle it.<br /><br />She promised the alligator wouldn't go to waste as parts of it would be prepared into meat for food, and boots to wear.<br /><br />Apparently, Cochran isn't the first in her family to kill an alligator. Her grandson apparently killed an even bigger alligator when he was just 5 years old.
