Challenging The State

[YungRasputin]

as part of my current line of research i wanted to reach out to everyone here and pull resources - i am currently trying to obtain data related to the history of the FWC, anti-animal legislation within FL, and the actual efficacy thereof as this seems much the same as the militarization of the police within the US eg: backwater law enforcement agencies receiving heavy combat equipment that they don’t need, given powers they shouldn’t have, all to address criminal issues which don’t actually exist

because while yes, pythons in FL have had an ecological impact on Floridian ecosystems i would like to find, see, analyze, etc any data showing that these laws have a *measurable* impact on either a) existing python populations or b) mitigating their environmental impact - my guess is that it has not and will not, which should of course beg the question - if these policies have no demonstrable effect why do they exist and who, exactly, is behind them

because what i have also noticed, per a recent upload from USARK-FL, that none of the people in the FWC who are making decisions have any academic credentials or expertise to justify their positions nor do any of the animal rights people because i do, absolutely believe, that any discussion which excludes actual experts is folly - no zoologists, no ecologists, no one with any relevant degrees or expertise - just a bunch of anti-science bureaucrats - the only people in the meeting that i saw which did have creds/expertise were the USARK reps, people within the animal industry, etc

but at any rate - if anyone has data related to the above please post