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Manny
at Wed Dec 30 21:12:38 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Manny ]
For the record if you read my message carefully I am blaming the owners of the zoo and not just pet owners for the invasives on Crandon Park.
I too am in aggreement that this python thing is blown WAY out of proportion. The only thing that should be on the chopping block on Capitol Hill for pythons is the end of importation for the Burmese Python only. Florida has already regulated the big pythons with the ROC permit. By the way, the Burmese Python has been active in the everglades since at least 1978 with no aparent harm untill just recently. I witnessed my first wild Python when I was 8 years old in Flamingo. My theory on the population explosion is that a heck of a lot of them have been released in the not too distant past.
Politicians have thrown in other snakes that have been active in the Everglades and other South Florida locations for decades and have not become a problem such as the anacondas, reticulated pythons and common boas. These snakes have been breeding for years but the natural fauna, weather, and other factors keeps their numbers in check
If they pass this bill for sure they will have more on the agenda. What species will be next? Iguanas? They are bothering a whole lot of people.
I too am a member of USARK, not sure what grade of precious metals (lol) and I do not have the amount of capitol to become much more than what I am. I am though willing to and have offered my experience and skills in the cleanup efforts but have not been selected yet. I service my County free of charge in the removal of exotics on public lands as much as I am able to accomplish in a humane method and hopefully diffuse somewhat, the backlash by the ignorant public whom is pissed off or scared of the iguana problem.
I think it would be a good idea to create some sort of reptile university where someone would have to attend and get at least some basic education before purchasing a reptile.(at least in Florida) But this is just brainstorming.
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RE: Big snake bill - Manny, Wed Dec 30 21:12:38 2009