releases were occurring. And either by the hands of middlemen or end consumers, large constrictors bought and sold as personal pets were somehow making their way into one of North America’s most threatened habitats. The finer details regarding how they were introduced would never be known with certainty, but in truth, they weren’t all that important.
The convoluted arguments, allegations, and theories regarding how these reptiles had taken a foothold in the River of Grass provided a convenient distraction from considering broader, more important, questions. Finger pointing provided an effective schoolyard tactic for evading basic questions about why pythons are imported in the first place. Attempts to assign blame or critique efforts to eradicate the current population provided an ample rug beneath which to sweep larger, more complex issues of regulation, enforcement, and ethics. And for some, aggressive posturing provided an effective diversion from yet another important consideration—how efficiently the snakes were ravaging south Florida’s native inhabitants.
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