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<blockquote data-quote="dgiharris" data-source="post: 67058968" data-attributes="member: 322579"><p>Not to open a derail but I had to chime in, the python problem in Florida is not an exaggeration, if anything the problem is under represented. I think Hurricane Andrew in the 90s is credited for the beginnings of the python problem by aiding in the escape of a ton of snakes from various snake farms combined with owners releasing their snakes into the wild when they got too big. Around 1996 an animal researcher / wildlife ranger noticed the problem, did some research and figured out that the snakes were reaching a critical mass in the wild and once they reached this critical mass it would be 100% impossible to stop their breeding since breeding is exponential when said species has no predator to cull their numbers. The number for critical mass for the area involved was something like 5,000. His research, models and extrapolations based on incidents showed the snakes at the time were numbering between 1,000 and 10,000. </p><p></p><p>He put all of his research together into a proposal/warning and contacted every governmental agency to include the army and national guard and coast guard and said that we are facing the biggest ecological emergency in the history of the US and that we have to immediately deploy every resource to include the Army to hunt and kill these pythons within the next 6 months are else Florida will never be able to get rid of the pythons. He projected the population would reach the millions inside of 10 years if nothing was done. </p><p></p><p>Of course he was laughed at, nothing was done, his report slipped through the various cracks. </p><p></p><p>And now, the Python problem in Florida has reached the point of no return. It is literally impossible to cull the numbers below critical mass and Florida will now forever have pythons in the wild. So it is not an exaggeration by any stretch of the imagination and if anything is severally underreported.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>My question is a very simple one. Could a ball python kill a small child or baby. If the answer is yes, then I simply do not care about how docile the snakes are. </p><p></p><p>If this man was keeping one or two snakes in a tank and demonstrated he was a responsible snake handler and said snake was this super docile ball python then I would be fine with it. </p><p></p><p>But the man is keeping dozens if not a hundred snakes and that is NOT responsible, I don't care if he is the world's best snake handler. I do not want to live next to someone keeping dozens of ANY pet let alone snakes. (unless we are just talking fish for obvious reasons) </p><p></p><p>Truth be told, if this was my neighbor, I'd give him a 30 day notice to get rid of or sell all of his snakes. At the end of 30 days, I'd get together with the other tenants, wait until he goes to work, break into his place and kill every single snake there.</p><p></p><p>I had a similar problem with one new neighbor who moved in with the world's loudest dog that would bark all night long. After about two weeks of listening to this dog bark from dusk till dawn I bought an electronic barking shock collar for the dog and I attached a note to the box and gave it to the neighbor anonymously. The note said, "either you put this collar on your dog at night or you keep this dog in your house at night or I'm going to kill your dog." The neighbor elected to keep her dog in the house at night. Problem solved.</p><p></p><p>I know, that may seem a bit extreme, but I just refuse to put up with certain things. I will try to be reasonable, I will try to find a solution to the problem that works for everyone, but if after all of that the problem isn't solved, I will take the matter into my own hands and solve the problem myself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dgiharris, post: 67058968, member: 322579"] Not to open a derail but I had to chime in, the python problem in Florida is not an exaggeration, if anything the problem is under represented. I think Hurricane Andrew in the 90s is credited for the beginnings of the python problem by aiding in the escape of a ton of snakes from various snake farms combined with owners releasing their snakes into the wild when they got too big. Around 1996 an animal researcher / wildlife ranger noticed the problem, did some research and figured out that the snakes were reaching a critical mass in the wild and once they reached this critical mass it would be 100% impossible to stop their breeding since breeding is exponential when said species has no predator to cull their numbers. The number for critical mass for the area involved was something like 5,000. His research, models and extrapolations based on incidents showed the snakes at the time were numbering between 1,000 and 10,000. He put all of his research together into a proposal/warning and contacted every governmental agency to include the army and national guard and coast guard and said that we are facing the biggest ecological emergency in the history of the US and that we have to immediately deploy every resource to include the Army to hunt and kill these pythons within the next 6 months are else Florida will never be able to get rid of the pythons. He projected the population would reach the millions inside of 10 years if nothing was done. Of course he was laughed at, nothing was done, his report slipped through the various cracks. And now, the Python problem in Florida has reached the point of no return. It is literally impossible to cull the numbers below critical mass and Florida will now forever have pythons in the wild. So it is not an exaggeration by any stretch of the imagination and if anything is severally underreported. My question is a very simple one. Could a ball python kill a small child or baby. If the answer is yes, then I simply do not care about how docile the snakes are. If this man was keeping one or two snakes in a tank and demonstrated he was a responsible snake handler and said snake was this super docile ball python then I would be fine with it. But the man is keeping dozens if not a hundred snakes and that is NOT responsible, I don't care if he is the world's best snake handler. I do not want to live next to someone keeping dozens of ANY pet let alone snakes. (unless we are just talking fish for obvious reasons) Truth be told, if this was my neighbor, I'd give him a 30 day notice to get rid of or sell all of his snakes. At the end of 30 days, I'd get together with the other tenants, wait until he goes to work, break into his place and kill every single snake there. I had a similar problem with one new neighbor who moved in with the world's loudest dog that would bark all night long. After about two weeks of listening to this dog bark from dusk till dawn I bought an electronic barking shock collar for the dog and I attached a note to the box and gave it to the neighbor anonymously. The note said, "either you put this collar on your dog at night or you keep this dog in your house at night or I'm going to kill your dog." The neighbor elected to keep her dog in the house at night. Problem solved. I know, that may seem a bit extreme, but I just refuse to put up with certain things. I will try to be reasonable, I will try to find a solution to the problem that works for everyone, but if after all of that the problem isn't solved, I will take the matter into my own hands and solve the problem myself. [/QUOTE]
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