Forget about rescuing the pythons in the Everglades, let's just kill them all -.-

[Generationshell]

Everyone knows about the python issue in the Everglades in Florida. But I must say finding one and killing it...just to see what it's last prey was... is just unacceptable.
This sends a message to our society that it is okay to intentionally harm a python or snakes in general. And It is not okay. It is okay to rescue them and that is all.

Here is the link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/1...8.html#s445129

[mainbutter]

I'll respectfully disagree that the only way to remove a python from the everglades is to 'rescue' it.

I have no issues with exterminating burms in the 'glades. Getting an idea of what environmental impacts they may have by examining their diets is just a bonus.

[Ezekiel285]

I'll respectfully disagree that the only way to remove a python from the everglades is to 'rescue' it.

I have no issues with exterminating burms in the 'glades. Getting an idea of what environmental impacts they may have by examining their diets is just a bonus.

X2

The only reason this is upsetting to you is because you view burms as pets while the rest of the world views them as a dangerous predator. There are tons of gated communities that allow hunters to come in to "regulate" their deer populations every once in a while. Deer that don't know to run because they are so used to being around humans. Basically fish in a barrel. Most people don't care because deer aren't "pet" animals. They are are wild animals. Just like those Burms. And a overpopulated, troublesome, and in the case of the burms foreign wild animal at that.

Edit: I'm not trying to be harsh and i do agree its upsetting but that is not the only animal that is treated that way. And to the rest of the world (specifically people in florida) that is a threat that they are having to deal with.

[wilomn]

I agree with MB.

They don't belong there. No one wants them. It's unfortunate but it's true.

I may not feel the same way about homo sapien illegals, but then again, then again......

[Ezekiel285]

i may not feel the same way about homo sapien illegals, but then again, then again......

lol

[Generationshell]

I understand they do not belong nor are welcome there. However, people have brought this issue upon themselves.
If anything extermination should be the last resort to solve the problem.
This article is presenting to society that it is "okay" to kill any snake they see regardless of the type.

[Raptor]

Then come up with a home for all the burms that's cost effective.

[Ezekiel285]

I understand they do not belong nor are welcome there. However, people have brought this issue upon themselves.
If anything extermination should be the last resort to solve the problem.
This article is presenting to society that it is "okay" to kill any snake they see regardless of the type.

I did not read the article in depth and only skimmed it but i do not think that its an anti-snake article. Large snakes in the everglades are a known problem and this article is simple presenting one of these large snakes that has managed to kill and eat a deer. This could largely change how the ecosystem there works, if that becomes a main food source for them.

And if they opted to rescue them all instead of exterminating them where would they all go? My guess is that they would be kept so poorly that extermination would turn out to actually be the humane way to do it.

Edit: you beat me to it raptor

[Raptor]

It boils down to this: there's only a limited amount of zoos and breeders willing to take the wild burms. When those facilities say "no more" what then? You're still going to have burms left over. Can't ship them back to the native country since they could easily be carrying illnesses/parasites that the native burms don't have a resistance to.

The most humane and cost effective thing to do is euthanize them.

[Ezekiel285]

I do agree that it is sad Generationshell but i really see no other alternative.