(September 30, 2008)—Anahuac’s annual Texas GatorFest typically draws 30,000 people, more than 10 times the town’s population, but not this year.
Hurricane Ike has forced cancellation of the festival and all but put the brakes on the 20-day gator-hunting season.
Wildlife officials say the habitat and food sources for alligators also took a significant hit from Ike, which hit Southeast Texas on Sept. 13, but Anahuac Mayor Guy Robert Jackson vows the official
"Alligator Capital of Texas" will rise again.
Alligators require fresh water to survive, so the rush of salt water from Ike sent them scurrying farther inland.
Tim Cooper with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the gators have been dislocated, on the move, with no food available, and fresh water is hard to find.
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