Hello,

In this specific situation you have to be local to know the real story behind the "craze". The Nile monitors are accused of encroaching into human habitation and terrorizing neighborhoods- yes, you read that right! Studies have already shown that they are feeding on the natural foods that Niles like- fish, frogs, mudbugs and rats. The real underlying problem is that certain groups are able to obtain funding for eradication programs, so in FL where there are so many invasives, there is big money to be made- even tax dollars... There are already programs for burms, Niles, iguanas, pouched rats, even wild pigs that have been here over 500 years- you'd think they'd have already destroyed the whole environment after 500 years, right! The other problems, real problems that should have support such as the black and norwegian rats (which are truly destructive egg and baby eaters of birds and reptiles) are never mentioned publicly. As such the parrots- Amazons, quakers, Macaws, they are never mentioned either. It's about people and money not the environment- I have found traps put out with no bait in them and some that have bones laying in them that were never checked again checked to see if there was a capture- is this euthanasia? But they will succeed in getting all of us who care about the environment to pay for programs with no end date. Best to you- Mike

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