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This chapter discusses how the eradication efforts of the Burmese python failed in the Everglades National Park. Burmese pythons firmly established themselves in southern Florida by the early 2000s. Interagency efforts were ramping up to control or eradicate the new poster child for invasive species. However, biologists had struggled to convince stakeholders that the python was even a problem. Strong incentive existed to dismiss the gravity of the situation. Python breeders feared their livelihoods would be impacted, and breeders held influence over many hobbyists. For some agencies, official recognition of the existence of a wild python population would have meant having to allocate funds to combat the emerging issue, and to the average person this may have sounded like a far-fetched idea. By the time biologists succeeded in convincing stakeholders of the looming python threat, the window for eradication had passed. |
