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Originally Posted by GatorB
Any snake that is posionous or that can grow more than 3 feet should be banned. Now for those that are pro snake you may not say these type incicences are rare adn you may not care that most of these snakes end up in the wild and kill native species. But you SHOULD care that because of that Florida spends MILLIONS of taxpayer moey YIUR money if you live in florida hunting down and killing these guys. So if for no other reason than saving yourself money you should be for a ban. Now if you're the kind that doesn't care about wasting your money on things you shouldn't have to that produce any return then you can't be helped.
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I seriously doubt that millions of taxpayer money is being spent on eradicating pythons in Florida. It doesn't take any special equipment to catch them. Just a couple experienced Fish and Wildlife officers with decent boots, sure hands, a bit of rope a burlap sack and a vehicle to transport them. Unless a Wildlife officer makes about $200,000 a year I would say your figures are way off.
While the pythons are thriving in the Everglades it's the Iguanas that have turned out to be the real pests as they have taken over south Florida.