You and I have the same goal, but I think you are grossly miscalculating your tactic for several reasons.



IF you manage to convince people that burms are not breeding in the everglades, then what? There is no disputing that they are there. People bring them to me. There are hundreds of reports, some with pictures and a couple freezers full of burms on-site. Even if those are a giant hoax, it WILL be accepted.



So what does that mean? The only other explanation is that people are realeasing them in large numbers on a regular basis. What could possibly be worse for our position?



If they are breeding, the damage is done and current private ownership has little bearing on the issue. If, as a lot of people think, they got started through a catastrophic event (namely hurricane Andrew) then there's no reason to believe that the occasional legitimate releases or escapes are significant since they aren't established anywhere else.



Furthermore, we need to look like responsible, reasonable people, and I don't think equating burms to yetis and accusing the park service of manufacturing an invasive species accomplishes that...

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