This is such in interesting question becaues the answers are so important.

It takes quite a few being released in a limited area to start a viable breeding population.

If it was started by a small number the effects on a single het in the population would be great.

If it was started by a large number of founders then it would greatly increase the odds of hets being released.

If it was started by a very small number just a few animals by one or two people just a vary long time ago to get to the numbers we have now then why are we waisting all our time limiting people owning them because people are not letting them go it was an isolated event and has not been done for 20 years or so.

The other idea of a hurricane release if it was peoples personal pets then all morphs and hets would be there because it was not an intential release.

I think Toms theory is that a wholesaler in the area of the hurricane had many normals or fresh imports and was destroyed and a fairly large number of normals were released in one catastrophic event. Once again showing that iresponsible pet owners were not releasing them over the past 20 years and making the passing of national laws just agenda driven politics.

Rob

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