Same goes for Iguanas and Monitors.
Posted on 07/14/2009 9:09:57 AM PDT by dennisw
MIAMI, Florida (NBC) -- Florida is set to declare open season on pythons.
Biologists have officially declared the south Florida python population of more than 150,000 snakes "out of control" and spreading.
The snakes are squeezing out native predators, and that has many worried.
Florida had considered everything from using volunteers to trap them to training beagles to sniff them out.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Chairman Rodney Barreto wants action.
"We're developing a plan immediately, that we will roll out, that we will allow people who are trained, supervised by us, to go out and hunt pythons and kill them," he said.
The plan would open 750,000 acres of state land to python hunters with permits.
They would be paid a small bounty for each snake.
The problem is state land is closely intertwined with federal land throughout The Everglades, and Everglades National Park where the pythons got their start.
Hunting isn't allowed there, and the borders between state and federal land often aren't marked.
National Park officials vow to use every non-lethal idea to get rid of pythons instead.
Kill ‘em and grill ‘em! (But first, introduce one to your girlfriend’s dog, “accidentally.”)
Bill “we need to go to outer space and give NASA another $100 billion” Nelson. Nelson has about 4 more IQ points than Carl in Slingblade.
He has to be one of the dumbest Senators. His good old boy way of speaking had me fooled for a while. I thought he was half OK.
that we will allow people who are trained, supervised by us, to go out and hunt pythons and kill them,” he said...
LOL! You are going to supervise enough hunters to kill 150,000 snakes, are you?
I heard there is a problem with folks letting exotic vipers loose in the Glades, too - cobras and such.
For those wondering, the snake I've had has been white meat and mildly flavored, sort of a cross between scallop and chicken with a hint of gaminess thrown in." - http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/636315 "How to cook Burmese python?"
lol -
I would also ban alligator hunting for a few years ...
alligators have a bad habit of eating kids as well as snakes.
Same goes for Iguanas and Monitors.
That should work nicely.
Didn’t someone let the piranhas loose there as well?
The only way to get rid of dangerous predators is to kill them.And there is absolutely no justification for not getting rid of non-native predators like pythons.
The people of Florida and everywhere else should "thank" all the a--holes who think it's cool to have and sell such exotic "pets".
Breaded AND grilled. It didn't seem odd at the time, the cooking method that is, until I typed it right now.
Tasted a little like frog legs.
“National Park officials vow to use every non-lethal idea to get rid of pythons instead.”
Instead of what?
Well, you could use an eighteen foot python to make a belt for Barney Frank.
***“National Park officials vow to use every non-lethal idea to get rid of pythons instead.”***
<<<How are they going to get rid of them without using lethal methods?<<<
Well, if they’re liberals, they’ll just talk nicely to them, and tell them how terrible the U.S. of America is. Maybe even bow to them. Hey, that’s using diplomacy.
So is it already o.k. to kill the pythons on private land?I would hope so but the crazy laws often punish farmers and ranchers and even homeowners who try to protect themselves and their livestock.
Sounds like a good job for the Americorp volunteers.
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