Logically, the state of Florida could raise significant income to eliminate or manage invasive species from the sale and the purchase and renewal of licenses for the ownership of exotic pets.
The model will of course probably come from the federal government. Given that the pythons and other invasive species have invaded Everglades National Park, the efforts of the U.S. Park Service to manage and/or eliminate the animals will have a major effect upon ridding the Florida ecosystems of invasive species. There is a pervasiveness of the Burmese python in the Everglades (some 10,000 to 100,000 estimated), Responding to the growing concerns over the spread of Burmese pythons in the Everglades, the federal Fish and Wildlife Service proposed a ban on both the import and interstate transport of pythons and eight other snake species. Interior secretary Ken Salazar, secretary of the interior announced the move in a news conference. He said "that the proposal would add four species of python, four species of anaconda and the boa constrictor to a list of "injurious species" regulated by federal law, making their import and their transportation across state lines a misdemeanor." Violators could face fines and up to six months' of imprisonment (Rudolf).
Justification
The release of exotic animals into the wild in Florida needs to be treated like pollution. In this case it is a form of biopollution and is very difficult to battle due to the fact that unlike regular pollution, exotic animals breed and spread while chemical pollutions can only spread and not multiply as well....
Therefore radical solutions ranging to extremes such as hunting, eradication and banning are all justified to save the delicate Florida ecosystems and endangered native species.
Conclusion
To recap, this paper has being written by the author to discuss the efforts to combat the growing challenges associated with the release of non-native exotic animals into the wild in Florida and their subsequent invasion of Florida ecosystems. These outsiders then upset delicate biosystems that are already under stress from human encroachment, pollution and other problems. In this paper the author presented a practical, researched, and documented proposal offering a solution to this vexing problem include prevention, eradication, reduction and containment.. Throughout the paper, the Burmese python was examined as a typical type of problem and solution situation that faces Florida conservation and wildlife management officials with regard to the release of exotic animals into the wild.
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