Everglades news..

Anyone want to start a "kill feral cats" contest?


http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012...nd-prizes?lite

I read the title in the form of a question...like you were asking about news from the Everglades. Then this popped into my head:

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Sorry...just had a moment. Please continue :oops:

How about humans? Way over populated, causes way more damage than pythons and cats combined and most of them are just in the way.

Since this competition includes a "most" category, that concerns me people could misidentify and take native snakes. For those of us who know, yes, there's a big difference between a python and what would be a native species. But are the people who will compete in this going to be as knowledgeable? Or are they going to be the general snake hating public?

I think as long as it's overseen by te local wildife department I don't see an issue..

I agree... I worry about the native species getting caught in the middle... but like wild boars in HI I don't see an issue with removing non native species.

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What I would be most worried about is if people will try to kill and present captive burms? People do some outlandish things for money...

If they actually killed the non captive population it's fine but people think everything is a Burmese python lol

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Originally Posted by Coleslaw007

What I would be most worried about is if people will try to kill and present captive burms? People do some outlandish things for money...

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Well of they get caught theyd get in a lot of trouble.

And not worth the $1500 prize.

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Originally Posted by 3skulls

How about humans? Way over populated, causes way more damage than pythons and cats combined and most of them are just in the way.

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I 100% agree!

I was hopeing that they would just lift the stupid 3 month season for hunters. From Shawn Heflicks report it sounds like the pythons are dieing on their own for the most part.

I have mixed feelings about the general public being handed cash prizes for hunting them. Mostly because I bet you someone will get hurt and this will be more regulation fodder but also because it will disturb the local wildlife.

On the pro side though, the problem will be "solved" locally, not that we will get our "rights" back to own big snakes but it does serve as a historical example of how people are completely capable of solving a local invasive problem without laws and regs.