Texas officials hunt down poacher after 3 alligators are shot at protected refuge

Texas officials hunt down poacher after 3 alligators are shot at protected refuge

After three alligators were shot at the Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge between May and July 2026, Texas wildlife officials have opened a suspected poaching investigation, as originally reported by NBC DFW. Of the three animals shot, two were killed, including a young alligator that had been tagged for a wildlife study, while a nesting female survived with what has been described as a crossbow or arrow shaft still in her neck. What happened?…