No offense, but its not those niles thats the problem, they are only a placeholder. If its not them, it would be something else.

Have you ever been to Fla. There are thousands of non-native species. Plants, animals, insects, fish, birds, reptiles, etc. Its not NILES vs. man. Or niles vs. native species. The whole bloody thing of out of balance.

I lived in Fla in the early seventies, since that time, there has been a parade of invasives COME AND GO. Kissing bugs plugging up your cars radiator, windshield wipers rendered useless. THen walking catfish were going to take over the world. Etc etc etc etc. Boars, apes, monkeys, and yes, monitors, and crocs and caimen were released back then, but the habitat did not support them for long periods of time. Now the habitat has changed to a point, its clearly not the Fla, it use to be.

Its simple biology, as the land becomes less suitable for native species, it will become more suitable for non native species. Its the habitat, not the species that needs help.

Return the habitat to what supports native species and it will support native species. Clearly native species are not equiped to compete with non natives in altered habitat.

It appears there's no workable solution, it will continue to get worse and worse. Even if you kill off all niles. Something else will simply take its place. It appears, mankind is not going to protect natural lands in fla. They are not going to stop building and building and changing the water courses. Until it does, its a losing effort. Cheers

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