>>No one ever said that foreign species weren't in FLA. or good for the environment, but no matter what anybody says, these shows are playing on peoples fears and ignorance!

Educating people about a real situation is not playing on people's fears. The only alarmism I saw was not about creating a hatred of snakes or snake people but about the conbio crisis Florida has on their hands.


>>BTW, if people had enough foresight to empty whole warehouses full of animals in preparation of a hurricane, no one would ever die in one! That's why they're natural disasters/tragedies!

In a modern nation where you have typically several days' warning in advance and in a state where you know that hurricanes happen frequently, a person, especially a business owner, has no excuse to not be prepared for one. Keeping exotics (especially a warehouse-full), as you said, is indeed a great privilege and an INCREDIBLE responsibility, especially if you live somewhere frequented by natural disasters. In my opinion, if someone does not understand the conservation or evolutionary implications of establishing feral exotic populations, then they have no business keeping them, and should not be allowed to do so.

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