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re: How does Florida get rid of a plague of pythons?
Posted on 6/18/23 at 6:58 am to Auburn1968
Posted on 6/18/23 at 6:58 am to Auburn1968
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Current regulations say you have to catch the python live, by hand and dispatch it later. That alone will eliminate a lot of people from even trying to catch pythons. That's a really stupid regulation. For a dangerous invasive species that is destroying the animals in our native ecosystem, anything that works should be okay!
No it’s not stupid. I’m all for shooting them. The issue is they are in Everglades National Park and wildlife management areas and other nature/ public areas. You can’t just allow people with guns to roam around looking for them to shoot, the general public is stupid.
Are there any national parks with hunting even of invasive species? There’s hunting on national wildlife refuges I know but fairly certain not in national parks.
They can’t freeze, so there’s a parallel where they basically will never move north on.
ETA: you can shoot them on private land year round
This post was edited on 6/18/23 at 7:00 am
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Posted on 6/18/23 at 7:21 am to baldona
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Are there any national parks with hunting even of invasive species? There’s hunting on national wildlife refuges I know but fairly certain not in national parks.
Yes the Smoky Mountains has an invasive pig or Russian boar problem and they had a program where interns would hunt them. It was usually interns that were recent graduates of wildlife management and fisheries programs. It worked they would go out aim to cull 30% of the estimated population. It is said they stopped that program but it could be they are not releasing information on it because some locals complain about the hunting but for reason you would think. They have moved towards trapping now with spring traps or drop net traps and wildlife team will go in dispatch pigs and leave the carcasses. There was a lottery for a park out west to remove sheep 2 years ago. The Park Superintendent of the Everglades is in control of what happens at the end of the day.
Posted on 6/18/23 at 7:28 am to baldona
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The issue is they are in Everglades National Park and wildlife management areas and other nature/ public areas. You can’t just allow people with guns to roam around looking for them to shoot, the general public is stupid.
I don't know if you know this, but there are hunting seasons in wildlife management areas and other nature/public areas all over the nation. People allowed to roam around with guns, looking to shoot animals. The general public is stupid, but so is your post.
Air rifles like the iguanas in south FL. Iguana hunt
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