Georgia Argentine Tegu Invasive Problem Shows All The Common Sense That's Missing In Wildlife Management
I live near one of those swampy areas where the Georgia Argentine tegu invasive species has been spotted, and I’m absolutely fed up. I saw a post last week about a giant lizard—like, two feet long—just sunbathing by a creek near my kid’s bus stop. Now I’m hearing these things are eating eggs from our native birds and even digging under garages. Common sense says if a non-native predator is ruining our ecosystem, you don’t just ask people to report sightings and hope it goes away. You catch the darn things, you ban their sale as pets entirely, and you start a bounty program. But no—we get more meetings from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and signs that say "Don't Feed Wildlife." Meanwhile, my neighbor’s chicken coop was raided by something that left tracks like a dinosaur. It’s time we stopped tip-toeing around and treated this like the emergency it is.