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It seems you’ve been very naughty and let your snakes out in the Everglades. Pythons, to be precise. They love it there. And “authorities” are warning that the Everglades is not the only palce in the United States that could be “python friendly”. Fox News The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering listing the snakes as injurious wildlife under the Lacey Act, which would prohibit them from being imported or carried across state lines. Unfortunately, the horse has already left the barn. One million live Burmese pythons were legally imported into the U.S. between 2001 and 2006, according to Fish and Wildlife. Almost all of them ended up as pets, and half of them came in through Miami. “We don’t have tools that are sufficient to control them on a continental scale,” says Gordon Rodda, … Read entire article »