A hiker in southwest Florida was attacked by an alligator, leaving her with multiple injuries, according to state wildlife officials.<\/p>\n
It happened Sunday, Aug. 17, in Collier County and details of the woman\u2019s condition have not been released. She was walking the Bird Rookery Swamp Trail at the time, the Naples Daily News reports.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) received a report of a woman who was bitten on the leg and arm, the FWC told McClatchy News in an email. \u201cThe victim was transported to a nearby hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe FWC responded to the scene, and a contracted nuisance alligator trapper has been dispatched,\u201d officials said.<\/p>\n
Details of how the woman came into contact with the alligator were not released.<\/p>\n
The Bird Rookery Swamp Trail has 12-miles of hiking and biking trails and is considered \u201cGrade-A alligator habitat,\u201d according to the nonprofit Crew Land & Water Trust.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor first-time visitors, seeing an alligator seems thrilling and exciting until they almost step on one along the tram\/trail or have the unfortunate luck to have their path blocked by a sunning gator,\u201d the trust reports.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s like an alligator gated community. Some of the neighbors keep to themselves, some live in the way back where it\u2019s pretty private, and others like to walk around.\u201d<\/p>\n
State officials have not said whether the alligator had been captured as of Monday, Aug. 18.<\/p>\n
Collier County is about a 95-mile drive west from Miami, on the state\u2019s Gulf Coast.<\/p>\n