Decided to look into the real "threat" of these bloodthirsty monsters....
In the US, dogs attacked 47 people in the year of 2014, and killed 27. Between 1978-2009, burmese pythons killed 16 people in the US, and most of these were in the captive care of irresponsible owners. I think the problem is definitely over-sensationalized, and doing a quick google search of what the media said a few years back, the titles usually ran along the lines of "Massive Burmese Pythons Invading the Florida Everglades- Squeezing the life out of the ecosystem". Definitely not beneficial, but no one seems to be in a hurry to make a sport out of killing Cuban Tree Frogs, or the nutria, or the scarlet macaw. I think more focus needs to be put in PREVENTING new species from becoming established, instead of trying to eradicate a species that we probably won't be able to dent. Hence why I think that any non-native species needs to be placed under a strict licensing law to prevent this problem from becoming worse.
(Interesting site if anyone wants to see all of what Florida is hosting right now:
Nonnative Species )