Because they live in the marsh... duh.

I think it has more to do with the fact that the food is white and resembles the belly of a fish and also that these gators are trained to eat them at this point.

Your link goes on to link:

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State and federal officials have reacted by reminding Jefferson Parish swamp boat tour companies that it is illegal to feed alligators. There is no such law statewide in Louisiana, but the reasons behind the local ordinance are sound. By feeding the alligators, tour guides train the wild animals to get close to humans in expectation of food. This instills behavior that is dangerous to the tour guides, dangerous to the tourists, dangerous to the wild animals and dangerous to other humans that might cross those animals’ paths.

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Posted by TheDrunkenTigah

Baton Rouge

Member since Aug 2011

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Posted on 7/14/16 at 10:57 am to meauxjeaux2

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The thread says "Tour Guides" and this is what i was talking about then the rest of you go off on some tangent about how regular ole baws can't feed gators legally.

These tour guides ARE regular old baws. The law excludes wildlife officials, farmers, and alligator exhibits. A swamp tour is not an alligator exhibit, a zoo is. The swamp tour doesn't own the gators or the land, and that seems to be really confusing to you. All that is beside the point, you had a hissy fit and asked me to prove that feeding alligators was illegal and I did. I never said for a fact the way tour guides were doing it was illegal, I said if they were then someone should report them, regardless of whether or not they're just doing it "to earn a living."

I understand it's legal as long as they're 500 yards away from camps. I readily admitted there were areas and parishes where it's probably legal (while noting about 15 times it's still dumb as shite and thats the real issue). You're taking one technicality and trying to make that the entire point, when I could give a shite if they're actually breaking the law or not. Again, I only brought it up because you pitched a damn fit at the assertion that feeding alligators is illegal in any way shape or form. Just because it's technically legal the way they're doing it that doesn't make it right, and it damn sure doesn't excuse it just cause that's how some jerkoff I never met makes a living.

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