Comments on: gopher tortoise blood money

By: Vega

Vega — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:53:03 +0000

Actually, I run a mitigation bank in florida and if a developer identifies a gopher tortoise on property, they can transplant them onto our property, for a nominal price.

By: Clyde

Clyde — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:35:52 +0000

Hey, it’s the free market system at work. I’m sure the developers feel they paid a fair price for our politicians. And it appears that most of them are willing to stay bought.

By: Mariella

Mariella — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:37:47 +0000

The Gopher Tortoise has recently been uplisted to “Threatened” status, and the FWC finally stopped issuing permits allowing them to be killed. However, those who got their permits before the deadline were grandfathered in and so are still allowed to “entomb” the animals.
Moving them is certainly more humane than burying them alive, but it’s not a great solution. The tortoises have a powerful homing instinct and keep trying to go home, often ending up as roadkill.

By: Tam

Tam — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:47:00 +0000

I have a problem with the whole killing thing…burying them alive? How sick is that? Why can’t they just be moved elsewhere? I say bury the developers alive.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:15:48 +0000

The whole thing is sickening. First being able to pay to kill them and second stealing the funds for something else. Is there going to be enough room in hell for all of these people?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:10:06 +0000

This is symptomatic of a right wing dominated State–first, bitch and moan about doing anything that doesn’t involve making money or creating more sprawl, then use that money to bail the state out of the hole that the Repubs created for themselves through their free-market and low tax idiocy.

Thanks for the keeping the duh in Florida idiots!