[freeeee]

Does this mean that you would allow these businesses to dispatch these animals the safest and most expedient way possible, or would you impose regulations on those businesses on how they go about dispatching these animals?

Good question. It wouldn't be so much a matter of regulation though. If it were up to me, the county would choose (not force) to hire firms with safe and humane practices, as outlined in post #51.

Poor judgement, such as dragging the gator down the street, would prompt complaints from citizens, as it did in this article. The county, in accordance with the wishes of those citizens who it serves, would from then on hire another firm. Therefore, in the pursuit of profit, it would be in private firms own best interest to safely and humanely remove and dispose of the gator.

[Search4Truth]

"Poor judgement, such as dragging the gator down the street, would prompt complaints from citizens, as it did in this article. The county, in accordance with the wishes of those citizens who it serves, would from then on hire another firm. Therefore, in the pursuit of profit, it would be in private firms own best interest to safely and humanely remove and dispose of the gator."

The gator is dead. A potentially deadly menace was removed, the soccer moms will get over their trauma.

Who would want to be in a business that was subject to cancellation, simply because of the sensitivites of soccer moms? Is that your idea of free enteprise? Does not sound like a situation that any business man would want to shake a gator stick at.

[Dog Gone]

I don't think you'd make much of a living being a gator trapper in Houston. It's not like this happens every month, or even every year.

[stands2reason]

Where are all these "firms" you speak of?