Just found this post. Awesome news
Quote Originally Posted by daniel1983
There is only 2000 of them? I would think it would take more than that to be removed from the endangered species list.

Good new though
I would think that the reason is beacuase 2000 of them in just a small area of South Florida is a pretty large population. If they "baby" them for too long by protecting them they will eventually produce to the numbers so high that the enviroment can't support them all along with the gators. The large number of gators in some parts of Florida is already a HUGE problem since people want to build on their natural lands.