One way to slow it down (it will likely never be stopped) would be allow people to hunt them everywhere... even in Everglades National Park. They could set up a permit system and offer training to weed out the folks that would abuse the opportunity. Simple fact is that a great many folks would make a trip every year to go catch some burms or other exotics in South FL. This would not only help address the problem but would also generate some revenue for the state and the park that could be used to put even more pressure on these exotics.



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• The Origin of Burmese Pythons in Florida - plindsey, Wed Feb 27 23:39:44 2008
• I'm not buying it - MadAxeMan, Thu Feb 28 06:49:29 2008
• RE: I'm not buying it...Actually there - herpsltd, Thu Feb 28 11:22:21 2008
• How about solutions? - lbenton, Thu Feb 28 12:27:03 2008
• Agree with Tom - brhaco, Thu Feb 28 16:56:01 2008
• RE: The Origin of Burmese Pythons in Flo - brhaco, Thu Feb 28 08:05:48 2008
• RE: The Origin of Burmese Pythons in Flo - keown, Thu Feb 28 08:41:43 2008
• RE: The Origin of Burmese Pythons in Flo - mfoux, Thu Feb 28 12:59:21 2008
• it doesnt matter where or why, actually - thecaiman, Thu Feb 28 22:27:08 2008
• Stop watching network news - MadAxeMan, Fri Feb 29 06:38:16 2008
• RE: The Origin of Burmese Pythons in Florida - jscrick, Thu Feb 28 23:28:28 2008
• RE: The Origin of Burmese Pythons in Florida - Bighaze, Fri Feb 29 14:09:57 2008
• Lol... - HydraZulu, Mon Mar 3 16:35:04 2008