The FWC said the woman was taken to the hospital for treatment and a trapper was called to remove the alligator.

Nearly two dozen kayakers were out on the water in an Osceola County canal when a woman was bitten by an alligator.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — A woman is recovering in the hospital after she was reportedly bitten by an alligator at a nature preserve in Polk County. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) said they got word a woman who was kayaking at Tiger Creek Preserve in the Babson Park area was bitten on her elbow by an alligator.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission responded to a report Monday that a woman was bitten on the elbow by an alligator while paddling at the Tiger Creek Preserve in Babson Park,

If you’re out on a kayak, canoe, or boat, you just have to be aware of your surroundings and not approach these animals.”