YES they are doing it!! (the FL laws for large snakes)

[Sunny1]

The green on those maps needs to be shrunk down to the lower half of FL. The fact that I see North Carolina in there, which has temps that drop to the teens for long periods of time, along with the severe ice storms make me believe this BS even less.

According to the map my area (Southeast corner of VA) would be a suitable climate... Maybe in the summer, but the rest of the year would be too cold... It's too cold here for me..LOL!!!

[bait4snake]

Remember "War of the Worlds"? What killed off the aliens wasn't some big warplane, it was disease. I'm pretty lame for using that as an example, but if I go to Mexico for a couple weeks, I almost die from some stomach bug. What kills big burms, even in their natural habitat, is disease from teenie tiny things. I really don't think burms down there are a big deal, nor do I think it's ok for morons to let them go. They won't establish themselves like rats would.

[daniel1983]

.......entire populations of small animals have been completely destoryed by feral cats......Yet NO real legislation....

...it all plays on the fear of reptiles...

..when gator skins were in high demand.....PEOPLE caused entire populations to be wiped out and forced legislation to regulate the skin trade in order to stop possible extinction.....and PEOPLE have caused numerous animals to become extinct.......I doubt they will have too much trouble wiping out wild burms if they put their minds to it and forget about what animal rights people have to say....

All the media focus on wild burms is just to put fear in people... allowing the government to take more control over our freedoms....

...won't it be great when we are like China.....remember when they had a few people get rabies and blame pet dogs?......if not, look it up.....thats what this country is coming to.