>>Well, this is good news for us as a whole (bad news for the Burms that were there). But by no means is this any reason for us to back off and let our guard down. I know you all know that. I just think that we have worked our tails off for the past several months and faught too hard to get to the point that are currently at without loosing everything. I would hate to see yet some other screwed up lunatic releasing another animal. I think we need to work harder than ever to broaden our range of supporters and get in even tighter with the community of pet stores to pass on the word not to release any non natives. We should focus our efforts at future damage prevention. The more supporters we have at the next uprising, the better.
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>>Chris

Great post, I agree. It's already been proven beyond a doubt that our "opponents" are neither forthright nor honest. They are even putting spin on the recent cold snap, making it sound less devastating than it was, or at least might have been. For all we know, that lone survivor of the 10 monitored pythons would have also died if it were left alone. And of the 58 or so living pythons that were "spotted" (whatever that means) in the several weeks following the cold snap, who knows how many of them have died from RI's. Failing to mention these details/possibilities is dishonest and profoundly UN-scientific, imo. Letting one's guard down against an opponent that continues to be misleading and dishonest is bad strategy.

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