Florida Woman Fights Off Alligator to Save Her Puppy

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Danie Wright was walking her Shih Tzu near a creek behind her home in Land O’Lakes, Fla., on Wednesday when an alligator attacked them.

By Johnny Diaz

As she does each afternoon, Danie Wright took her puppy out for a walk near a creek behind her home in her Florida neighborhood.

But what began as a routine stroll on Wednesday with Dax, a 4-month-old Shih Tzu, turned into a harrowing attack by an alligator that suddenly emerged from the moss-covered creek and yanked on the dog’s collar.