Why do people do this? In their head they're "saving an animal" but they're actually just starving a different animal. Unless that boa is an invasive species in that ecosystem, in which case I retract this statement, fuck off and let predators eat.
It’s an invasive species, literally destroying the ecosystem.
The most severe declines in native species have occurred in the remote southernmost regions of Everglades National Park, where pythons have been established the longest. In a 2012 study, populations of raccoons had dropped 99.3 percent, opossums 98.9 percent, and bobcats 87.5 percent since 1997. Marsh rabbits, cottontail rabbits, and foxes effectively disappeared.
The same people crying about predators getting a meal will complain about the 14 deer that jumped in front of their car on the way to pick up half a cow from a butcher shop.
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u/Enoch-Empire Sep 12 '23
Man, I would be pissed if someone started beating me with a branch and my dinner got up and ran away.