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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 355299, member: 2844&quot;]We are too good at that. The introduction of non-native animals and plants is always detrimental to native species. The US is a very poignant example, just look at what the introduction of European and Asian cattle has done to the West.</p><p>Some idiots are still releasing exotic animals in the wild. And then there are those cases where we could (once again) question the policies on zoos and private ownership of exotic animals.</p><p>Mind you, many of our usual pets originated in other parts of the world as well, a good reason not to let them roam freely in fragile eco-systems.</p><p><br /></p><p>Found some more info on how the python terror started:</p><p><a href="http://www.reptileknowledge.com/articles/article22.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.reptileknowledge.com/articles/article22.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.reptileknowledge.com/articles/article22.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Some British restaurants now have American grey squirrel on their menus, in an effort to protect the endangered native red squirrel. Other countries are doing similar things with non-native wildlife that is rampant in their region.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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