An aged lady is lifeless after an alligator attacked whereas she was strolling her canine — and her efforts to avoid wasting her pooch ended up costing her her life.

The tragedy occurred Monday at a retirement neighborhood in Fort Pierce, FL the place the beast lunged at 85-year-old Gloria Serge. The gator reportedly went after the canine first, however Gloria wasn’t giving up her pet with no combat.

Sadly, Serge acquired knocked over within the wrestle, and the alligator yanked her by the foot into a close-by pond … the place she drowned. Not too lengthy after that, the authorities have been known as in to wrangle and kill the gator.

Photographs launched by the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Dept. present the dramatic scene … officers straddling the reptile and tying it up as they ready to haul it off at the back of a truck.

This one was estimated to be 10 toes in size, and was finally euthanized … whereas the canine survived the ordeal.

As we all know, gators are a dime a dozen within the sunshine state, and are extremely harmful. A toddler was killed below related circumstances at Disney World in 2016.