" I am curious. Given that experts are working on the problem do you assume that they are incompetent and that the methods being developed and tested do not work? "

I have noticed that that 1200-1300 pythons have been removed so they must be doing something right.


The word expert is very subjective.

It could be said that its not an assumption that they are incompetent and that the methods being developed and tested do not work? Its a proven fact based on past performance. If you put any faith in the population estimates being bantered about 12 to 1300 being removed amounts to nothing. Far from an eradication effort, It could be classified as sustainable harvest. To collect that number of animals from a population as large as the one estimated requires not much in terms of "doing something right, you just have to go out and do some leg work and get a little lucky.


Many people including the scientist involved with the python projects use the brown tree snake as their template, a quick look revels that after decades of "research" and massive amounts of funding to date in invasives guru Gordon Roddas own words the tool box of effective eradication methods is EMPTY, They are no closer to having any answers today then they were 30 years ago and yet, they are pursuing the exact same path with the pythons that has led to no where in the past. At this time on Guam the brown tree snake population is estimated (guess) at somewhere around 80,000 , the annual take is about 5000 animals. Its no longer considered and erdacation program the new funding catch phrase is control program /i.e.,sustainable harvest program.

ERNIE EISON
WESTWOOD ACRES REPTILE FARM INC.

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