Who puts an alligator into a pool during a pool party?

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English: Alligator in Florida (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

You have to be kidding me.  People actually put gators in their pools for kids' parties?  Apparently so:

http://legalblogwatch.typepad.com/legal_blog_watch/2012/10/florida-alligators-in-pools-at-gator-parties-must-now-be-kept-on-leashes.html

http://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/wildlife/florida-wildlife-officials-rule-that--kids-gator-pool-parties-are-unsafe/1254582

In a recent "Generation Gasp" column I noted that parents today seem to be far more safety conscious than folks back in my childhood.

http://www.tnonline.com/2012/sep/29/unsafe-any-age

But maybe I was wrong!

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