Most of you on this board have little to NO understanding of the problem here or elsewhere regarding invasives. The tip of Florida is BARELY warm enough for most of these exotic tropicals to survive and Mother Nature regulates them far better than we can. This years cold snap proved that without question. 80-90% of the Green Iguanas are gone [loathsome creatures feeding on invasive hibiscus in peoples yards]LOL. No one has even SEEN ONE PYTHON since about 10 days post freeze. Most of them are now gone as well. There never was a shred of evidence they were in fact injurious in the first place. Historically Green Anoles were never really common here because they are a TEMPERATE zone species living in the subtropics where some years spermatogenesis doesn't occur because it's NOT COLD ENOUGH. Brown Anoles just filled a niche that was there already. Coyotes have moved in replacing the native Red Wolves that used to be here. All these things from a human propspective mean little except greedy politicians ans AR groups will use any lie to force their mentality on everyone else. THIS ENTIRE STUPIDNESS IS PUSHED ALONG BY AR FANATICS WHO WILL TAKE YOUR IGUANAS AS SOON AS THEY CAN AND WILL BEGIN TO DO THAT IF THEY PREVAIL ON THIS ONE. Mark M. Ctenosaura of many species could survive in S. California and rest assured they will be next along with Cyclura which could live there as well. None of this is based on any real problem but is just a mole hill turned into a mountain for political expediancy to acheive the deep pocket lobbiest of the AR extreme right. Go ahead and believe everything you read or hear in the news as fact because after all the news wouldnt lie, would they? I live here at ground zero and actually know what the facts really are and most of you know only what you read. We are our own worst enemies to be sure and yes we are the reason many invasives are here but causing another HUGE BILLION DOLLAR plus Industry to be devastate financially will NOT SOLVE THIS PROBLEM [IF THERE EVER WAS A PROBLEM] anyway. Please research your position before making kneejerk responses based on emotion and NOT facts just as Wayne Pacelle would have you do. It seems here that many of you actually have been conned by this type of radical far right AR fanatic and his brown shirt followers. If this gos through please start considering what you plan to do with YOUR herps when they come after you. I DON'T HAVE OR BREED GIANT SNAKES BTW...THANKS
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Tom Crutchfield

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