" What made it all worse was the media picked it up. Sensationalized it."


That's what Rodda says to the guys who question his ethics , motive and methods. But in his own words via a radio broadcast he said the problem was WORST then his cartoonish map indicated. That's the game in nut shell. This guy has long standing political ties to radical environmental groups. Make no mistake he's been bank rolled had books and papers published , his career boosted by his buddys at the Sierra club and he's a far from the only one. In case anyone's not hip the Sierra club is partners with Peta. Everyone wants their piece of the pie plain and simple.

The media didn't just pick things up. This attack was all very calculated. Instead of studying the animals a game of political connect dots would be more revealing as to what is really going on. To say it was a "misunderstanding by python and boa breeders and owners of the USGS papers " is very insulting. This was never about science , being fair or what's best for nature. Who's kidding who ? It's not hard to smell a rat.

For the politicians here in Florida the Burmese invasion was a godsend. The perfect red herring. This animal brought national attention to the everglades and how we need to protect this treasure at all cost. Mean while in a cozy back room they were brokering an illegal land deal that will cost tax payers billions of dollars and thousands of small town workers their jobs. All in the name of a phony environmental restoration scam. The deal will push back restoration projects 6 maybe 10 years and actually divert funds away from these projects among other things. The issues surrounding the Pet trade are just bi products caused by various individuals looking to cash in on the situationin one way or another.

In a perfect world we could all get together in the name of a united cause and sing kum bi ya around the camp fire.

I don't know if that world ever existed but if it did it vanished a long time ago with the last vinyl Joni Mitchell records. In todays, world wake up.........Schools out.

Ernie Eison
WESTWOOD ACRES REPTILE FARM INC.

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