If you only knew what I have seen...
Anyway, I would sooner see them transplant them than destroy them. Even common yuccas.
Now them little jumping jack cactus..you know the ones that stick in the seat of your pants if you brush up against them.
LOL.
Very familiar with the Cholla... lol
These once rained on me off the top of the buttes in the west corner there in a wind storm after a good rain. :)
Our property up north had Cholla TREES about 8ft tall.
When we cleared out lot up there we took and transplanted them all around the outside perimeter of our fence around the property. No one thought about testing the fence, could not even get through the cholla to get to the fence. lol