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Banning import would not do much, as the snakes reproduce easily enough here. For the same reason, chipping would not really solve the problem since captive born baby snakes would not necessarily be chipped.
Making the dumping of snakes illegal sounds good but enforcement would present problems. No one is going to own up to owning a stray Burm that they dumped, and proof that the person owned that particular snake would not be cost efficient.
I think one thing that might eventually occur to frustrated landowners in the area is to try to control the problem using biological means such as IBD. That would be a disaster for boid owners.
Hopefully, landowners, those concerned with the ecosystem, and boid owners can work together to find a less drastic solution.
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