This federal attack on snake keepers has crossed the line. There is no place other than the everglades in this country that is having a problem with ferrel snakes. The problem is entirely a Florida State problem and the rest of the nation should not have to suffer for it. On top of this, Florida has a lot of other ferrel animals that have never been addressed . I have lived in Ft Lauderdale and have seen flocks of parrots, wild troops of monkeys, and wild pigs everywhere in the state. I can't tell you how many oscars I have caught while fishing for bass in the everglades. I could not even begin to tell you about the non-native vegetation. Ferrel dogs and cats are a national problem but nobody wants to talk about that !
The burmese python problem in the everglades will never spread outside of the state. Uncontrolled land development and habitat fragmentation in the state has made large native snakes like the indigo snake and eastern diamondback rattlesnake increasingly rare. They are only found now in isolated pockets of favorable habitat. When they roam out of these pockets they are run over by cars or killed by people. These same problems large native snakes face will also stop the spread of the pythons.
The large constrictor snake problem is a Florida problem.........period. There are better solutions to this problem than punishing the entire national reptile industry.
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amen brother.
The pythons could not possibly compete with Indigo snakes, water moccasins or kingsnakes in the fringe areas between the residential areas and the wilderness areas if those natives were still there. The facts are, people will not accept ANY snake there, be it native or not. What we have is an explosion of snake food. Rats and other foraging vermin. The pythons are thriving in these areas where there is no competition and abundance of food items. It is all disturbed habitat. The notion that the ecological harm there is being caused BY the pythons is idiotic. It’s FUBAR out there so a dramatic change is something you would have to expect to happen given the conditions. That is a historic logical guarantee. Expecting a different outcome is just insanity.
