This aint good

[megalops///]

that poor little girl

forgive me for saying this but at least fish don't eat children

I have a corn snake, and have had other snakes , but, I just do not see the reason to own a snake that can kill a human being.

Ding ding ding winner winner chicken dinner!

 

[krzr3000]

This is about keeping a protected national treasure safe. It's just like yellowstone or the grandcannon, but a swamp. lol, I know that sound rediculous but its all the same in the grand scheme of things.

I realize that don't get me wrong i love the glades. Was just there early february and im going back in april.

 

[koidaddy]

This is about keeping a protected national treasure safe. It's just like yellowstone or the grandcannon, but a swamp. lol, I know that sound rediculous but its all the same in the grand scheme of things.

We are lucky Big Sugar didn't totally wipe it out.

 

[megalops///]

now the zillion cats running around now those are not harmless not to mention filthy.

A can of cat food and .22 revolver will take care of that cat problem.

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

Before you start calling me names get your facts. It just shows your character. How is my assinign statement uninformed? If you want the pet bad enough get in line for the permit. Two years would go by quick. But you are so far off base on that as well. It doesn't take 2 years here.

it might not take 2 years now but with more regulation it might take more. I was sayin that it takes me 2 years to get a permit for an animal that has no history of causing problems, and was asking how long do u think it will take to get a permit for an animal that has a past history of causing problems.
there is the facts. it will be next to impossible to get the permits if they instate them. duh!

ps, For my permit, the government has made it nearly impossible!

 

[Louie]

lollll, i never claimed they are beneficial. Just curious about how big of an issue it is to warrant a new news story seemingly every week. And its great to see that floridians care about the environment, looking at the ocean of parking lots, condos, and shopping centers would incline someone to think otherwise. Also, have the politicians that are at the forefront of the python media frenzy always been so "eco conscious" per say? Have they made as much noise about limiting development and protecting open space?

" looking at the ocean of parking lots, condos, and shopping centers would incline someone to think otherwise.

BINGO .

"Also, have the politicians that are at the forefront of the python media frenzy always been so "eco conscious" per say? Have they made as much noise about limiting development and protecting open space?"

Sir you know Miami. I can't speak for the rest of the state but here the same bunch screaming "look at the Pythons" want to drill for oil and rock mining in the Glades. Increase dirt bike trails run roads by panther areas and the list goes on and on and on.


I don't disagree with people here that pythons don't belong in Glades because they do not and you agree .
I do think while politicians point at the pythons,etc the real problem keeps on trucking.

I do subscribe to simply enforcing license laws on the books and ACTUALLY fine people,businesses instead of lip service same as you do.

 

[latshki]

I find people are looking into silly things like these
burms have been in the glades for 30 years and they are not going to spread much farther and the nature has a way of balancing it's self out
what people are forgetting is that we need to look at conserving the land we are fighting for first
there is no point in spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to rid an area of invasives when in two years there will be a mall and hotel there
what use is it when a bird dies of choking on someones rubish after it escapes a snake
people are just blowing this out of proportion and focusing on this because people are scared of snakes and as a result media take advantage of that
who wants to hear about that 150 year old gator who choked on a garbage bag but who doesn't want to hear about that gator eaten by that giant killer snake
it's simple
all we have to do is stop being childish and open our eyes to the real problems
although I do agree that a restriction on snakes in south florida would be alright, but not something harsh just a simple regulation where they know who has the snakes and such

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

A can of cat food and .22 revolver will take care of that cat problem.

actually .22 short rifle would work much better.

 

[Louie]

A can of cat food and .22 revolver will take care of that cat problem.

lol no I would never.

I kid you not that not long ago at 6am on way to work I counted 22 cats down dirt road by my block.
There are farms here so maybe thats why but that's alot of cats and I see many pregnant now .

My flower area is a cat litter box

 

[Conner]

I don't want to sound like a completely insensitive @$$, but really, does anyone truly believe that the native species have a RIGHT to exist in that specific area, without being encroached upon by other species? Species become "invasive" all the time through their own natural movement around the world. The "natives" they displace didn't have anyone to protect them. (And many animals that started as the "invasive" species eventually became the "native" species.)

While humans are not helping (and are hurting) with introducing new "invasive" species, I don't know that we can say one species has a RIGHT to exist in an area, and another species doesn't. Nature has a way of balancing things out, even if that means the extinction of another species. It doesn't seem fair, but its nature, its not supposed to be fair. Species only continue to exist by reproducing faster than they die. If they don't they'll go extinct.

Banning all trade in these reptiles in Florida isn't going to do a single thing to address the animals already in the wild.