You have got to be kidding me...

[RebelYell83]

ok,heres my take on this,its bull,and they are placing blame where it doesnt need to be

point 1:

Wildlife biologists say the troublesome invaders -- dumped in the Everglades by pet owners who no longer want them -

i disagree heavily with this,as the issue started around the time of Hurricane Andrew,if it was solely pet owners,would of been a bigger issue by now,and a hell of a lot sooner.Basically,hurricane comes through in august,destroys importing warehouses,releasing these animals to the while,as a lot of importers and pet owners was in this area.In order for this issue to grow to this size,so relativly quikly,and not in any other areas,would mean thousands of burm owners all drove to the exact same park to release thier "pets"

The population of Burmese pythons in Florida's Everglades may have grown to as many as 150,000 as the non-native snakes make a home and breed in the fragile wetlands, officials said Thursday.

this would be relativly easy for them to accomplish,as a burm averages 60-100+ eggs,if the first year of the "release" 100 adult females became gravid,that year alone would resualt in 1000 or more hatchlings,,and so and so on.....

Everglades biologists have been grappling with the growing python problem for a decade.

which would put the issue becoming noticable in around 99,7 years after hurricane andrew,,sounds about right,dont ya think?

Pythons captured in the Everglades are often killed. Wildlife officials are trying trapping and other eradication methods, and are considering offering bounties to hunters.

though,not a bad idea,i am SURE there are many herpers in florida,or even ones that travel here,that would happily purchase a capture permit for 100 bucks that allows them to capture and remove 3-5 of these animals each,if you sell 5000 permits,thats 500,000 dollars going into helping fund the issue,5,000 extra helpers fighting it that they dont have to pay,and up to 25,000 animals removed a year they dont have to pay to put down.