Large alligator attacks woman shielding her dog at lake in Florida neighborhood

A nearly eight-foot-long alligator attacked a woman who was walking her dog around a small lake in her neighborhood in Palm Harbor, Florida Tuesday, CBS Tampa affiliate WTSP-TV reports. First responders rushed her to a hospital but there was no early word on the condition of the 43 year old.

Pinellas County sheriff's deputies and a licensed trapper removed the gator believed responsible for the attack. WTSP says such attacks often increase during gator mating season of May, June and July. All of Florida's 67 counties have gators.