It may not be an immediate fix, but it has long term potential. All I need to do is order a Burmese Python and when it gets too big to keep as a pet, I'll let it slither off into the woods and become my Deer Eliminator...or, maybe just, Animal Eliminator.
Just ask the folks in the Everglades National Park down in Florida. In areas where the pythons have established themselves, marsh rabbits and foxes can no longer be found. Sightings of raccoons are down 99.3%, opossums 98.9% and white-tailed deer 94.1%, according to a paper out Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
This 16 footer just put down a 75lb White Tailed Deer. Honestly, I would not mind a decrease in raccoons and ground hogs either.
Sure, there might be a safety issue. Unless, we were to implant a tracking device in each Python we let loose into the "wild" of Elm Ridge Park. I mean let's face it, Pythons are not the quickest, most agile things...so, they would not be difficult to track. We could put their movements on the local Township TV Channel. "Before you go outside and play kids, check channel 72 to see where the Pythons are at today"..."okay Mom, will do."
Sure, we would have a few casualties with pets and toddlers in the beginning, but once we realled honed the system, I think maybe this just could work!
mj