I guess that's the same reason they still import so many normal ball pythons. I'd be interested if the Burms and Retics are actually being farmed unlike the ball pythons where the fully wild bred nests can be regularly found and dug up.

So IF they really think cheap imports are adding to the problem why not put a $20 per head tariff on them and use the money to eradicate burms in the Everglades? Sure that would suck for the importers but it could be targeted by species and would restrict a lot fewer personal liberties and be a lot more enforceable than banning intrastate transfer for the 48 states where sustainable python colonies aren't a concern.

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