I have no doubt wild pythons are eating rabbits, they are predators and rabbits are prey. I am equally certain that the pythons will make a change in population. I am also certain that things will reach equilibrium again given time. Nature works these things out. I am also equally sure that regulating pets snakes in captivity will have zero effect on wild rabbit populations. The government trying to prevent a problem from happening that already exists is just about the stupidest thing I have ever heard of.
It would be like in my area restricting pet birds because 100 years ago starlings were introduced. They went through the same thing a huge population boom, over ran native birds native predators figured out this new food source and they expended to take advantage of the new food and the populations settled out and we are where we are today. Yes it sucks, it is terrible, it is too late to change it.
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