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BryanD
at Sun Jul 12 16:52:06 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by BryanD ]
The notion that I would be breaking the law by "possessing" the burm is a goofy technicality and for all practial purposes, a joke. They're a known problem and I'd be bringing them to the authorities, not hiding from them. I'm not worried about it.
I never said the average "drooling idiot", as you put it, should go out and do this, I think that is as silly as you do, but I'm not that guy... after 15 years of field herping and python keeping, the likelihood of me mistaking a cornsnake for a burm is pretty close to zilch, and not a problem worth discussing.
The notion that there are thousands and you couldn't possibly make a dent in the population is like saying we should let the rats and goats in the galapagos endanger the wildlife there too... because it's hard? I'm glad I'm not a marine iguana in your world. Man has never had a problem extirpating large vertebrates when we want to, alligators almost went extinct by our doing, and there's millions of them!
I've never kept burms, but I want to protect the hobby by cleaning up someone else's mess. As informed and experienced herpers we're better than anyone at catching wild snakes. I plan to do some good with that skill, even if I find it distasteful myself, it must be done.
Perhaps this was the wrong forum to post this on. I certainly didn't intend to upset anyone, so I hope that I have not. I thought people would have already come around to the notion that we need to fix this, the problem's not getting smaller only bigger.
Bryan
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"Nothing happens in contradiction to nature, only to what we know of it."
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RE: Catching FL Burms... - BryanD, Sun Jul 12 16:52:06 2009