A Florida woman fought off a five-foot alligator with her bare hands after it attacked her four-month-old puppy. Danie Wright was walking her pup, Dax, behind her Land O’ Lakes home last week when the ...

Sergio Candido is the managing editor for the South region at cbsnews.com, coordinating multiplatform news coverage for CBS Miami, CBS Texas and CBS Atlanta. He previously worked for outlets including ...

A Florida woman saved her puppy from the jaws of a 5-foot alligator by pounding the beast in the eye until it let go. Danie Wright was walking 4-month-old Dax behind her home in Land O’ Lakes, about ...

LAND O'LAKES, Florida — A Florida woman is recovering after fighting off an alligator that tried to drag her puppy into a backyard creek. It happened last week in Land O'Lakes, just 20 miles north of ...