Florida wildlife officials were called to a residential home early Sunday morning to remove a 10-foot crocodile from the pool.
The homeowners called the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission who sent well-known trapper Todd Hardwick and his team from Pesky Critters Wildlife Control.
The team arrived at the house in Plantation Key, around 2 a.m.
A video released by Pesky Critters shows Hardwick and his assistant, Jeff Peterla, roping the crocodile, which fights back. The water splashes everywhere in the pool deck, making a slick and dangerous footing situation.
Hardwick may be seen tugging on the rope to tug the resistant croc out of the pool. Eventually, the team gets the beast out of the pool, and drags it across the wet asphalt.
A Monroe County sheriff’s officer assisted the team with removing the crocodile from the premise and releasing it back into the wild.
Hardwick may be seen within the video removing its restraints and inspiring the animal to return into its habitat.
“Another example in Florida of why everyone should activate the pool light before they jump in for a swim at night,” Hardwick told the Miami Herald.
Crocodiles are a threatened species in Florida and endangered throughout the USA, per Pesky Critters.
