Dog bites alligator

In an interesting twist on the old man bites dog bit, the AP is reporting a story of a Golden Retriever surviving and encounter with a gator:

After it was all over, Cooper had lost a few teeth and had flesh and muscle torn from a front leg and chunks of skin missing from both haunches. The gator suffered bites to its snout.

I think it would be fair to say Cooper kicked the Gator's ass, as the gator now resides in the freezer of Cooper's owner, even if Cooper did not deliver to fatal blow himself.