Indian tribes used to live in the Everglades. I do know overpopulation wasn’t a problem they experienced there.
Miccosukee Tribe is small but they still live there.
We lived in Naples, had a vacation house in the Keys, flew over the Everglades all the time, and sometimes drove through. I had to be careful to close the moon roof or Pythons could drop in from the trees. We had an alligator in the pool one time, called animal control and they came, dropped gator back in the Glades.
People with cats could not leave them out with night or the gators would eat them.
Glad I had that adventure, glad I don’t any more.