Evidently wild horses are cool, constrictors bad. There are also plenty of examples of other types of free ranging live stock on public land. Sport fish (brown and rainbow trout) and even some non-native game such as various cervidae and fowl that have been purposely introduced into regions that historically were not part of their range. I guess it all depends if they are socially acceptable and economically viable. I know that pythons are low hanging fruit when compared to a grazing herd of 900 pound mustangs.

With regards to large constrictors and their utilization in other economic sectors weren't they farmed in mass numbers as a source for powdered calcium early last century? And, if this example and others are true what happened to them? Could it be a reasonable hypothesis that their presence in other economic sectors has contributed to their establishment? If the glades have been isolated up until the need to expand urban sprawl or justify federal grant dollars would we have known about their existence before? I think it is doubtful that they existed for long before their presence was discovered, but when considering all the facts I would like see the objective researchers consider these things before they throw around politically loaded accusations that the problem is solely the fault of irresponsible pet owners.

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