Angola Warden: "I won't shoot the gators"

In a CNN interview, the Angola Warden said that they are shooting all animals in the flooded areas---except the alligators. He said that the animals (beavers, muskrats, snakes, etc.) get in the way of sandbagging activities, but the gators are important as a deterrent to inmates trying to escape. The Warden went on to say that Angola has a reputation to maintain---that if the guards don't get you the gators will.
Incidently---some inmates are helping with the sandbagging.