by JOHN T. PRICE
Published in the January/February 2013 issue of Orion magazine
1. KOI
When contained in Japanese-style water gardens, these colorful carp are a symbol of love and friendship. When released into wild ponds and waterways, they become a destructive terror, outbreeding and out competing all the natives.
2. RABBITS
3. BURMESE PYTHONS
Like a bad tattoo, the purchase of one of these “pets” usually involves alcohol, and soon inspires regret.
Perhaps it’s all the effort that goes into keeping it out of the baby’s crib, or the emotional drain of feeding it creatures you previously knew as “Mrs. Frisby” and “Stuart Little.” Whatever the reasons, owners are often inspired to release them into seemingly friendly snake habitats such as the Everglades, where they have already wiped out possum and raccoon populations....
4. HAMSTERS
Once escaped from its cage, this beloved pet quickly begins to act something like a rodent (which of course it is), scratching around in the walls at all hours, nibbling through electrical wires, spreading foul nuggets throughout the kitchen, and nesting in your underwear drawer. ...
Notice 2 of the above are rapid breeding rodents.......
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