"Here's the deal - Hurricane Andrew flattened many parts of South Florida. Both private residences and commercial institutions were all affected. Many Roadside and professional Zoos lost EVERYTHING. Mammals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc. Everyone is focusing on the Burmese Pythons, but what about the feral Monkey populations? Parrots? Fish from every jungle on this Earth? All have their environmental impact. Personally, most of Florida has been so fragmented and plowed over, I don't understand what the big deal is? Habitat has been so altered that the "natural" Flora and Fauna are all but gone, and the opportunists have taken over. What was expected to happen? I say protect the few pockets of undisturbed habitat left, and stop using taxpayer dollars to try to protect and "restore" fragmented, ecologically dead, habitat. All someone has to do is setup a tannery in South Florida. Thats about the only thing that will help "control" feral Burmese Pythons. There here, their established, and they aren't going away. Play the blame game all you want. If someone were to pay per pound, or by the foot, I'm sure alot of herpers wouldn't mind helping to thin out the population."


The thing that strikes me as odd is that where ever there are people, the habitat is altered irreversibly. Not just from ourselves, but from our pets, and I'm not talking about reptiles. The most "overlooked" introduced species are the domestic pets, cats and dogs. Cats especially have a HUGE environmental impact, but because you don't see them killing crocodiles no one really sees them as a threat to the natural species.

I can look outside my window and spot numerous species of plants and animals living in the "wild" that shouldn't even be on this continent. It makes me laugh that people who try to blame reptile enthusiasts for renegade snakes in Florida are the same people who let their cats run around outside to and kill local wildlife.
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