Quote Originally Posted by JLC View Post
How many species have been hunted to extinction? How many species came CLOSE to being hunted to extinction, and were saved only by the intervention of laws to protect them? Man seems perfectly capable of wiping out entire populations of animals when there is some sort of profit involved...either profit from selling pelts/skins/feathers/meat or profit from supposedly protecting livestock. I don't see any reason why the invasive snakes in Florida can't be similarly wiped out.

Do I like the idea of killing snakes? Of course not. But unpleasant, unhappy, uncomfortable action is often necessary in this world of ours.
i was thinking the same thing, but then it also seems that we only tend to wipe out the native species. the ones that are not native and are brought in by mistake or to controll another species that has gone crazy are the ones that we cant get under controll (rats, zebra muscles, goby fish, etc).

while i think its a great idea i wonder how well it will work.

they should also try and use the skins from the wild burms for shoes and bags or something productive so they arent just killed and trashed. they still a living creature.