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Putting a bounty on pests is the textbook example of of perverse incenives that encourages people to make the problem worse.
by sukilot 12y ago
Putting a bounty on pests is the textbook example of of perverse incenives that encourages people to make the problem worse.
- will_brown 12y agoCertainly a bounty program could make problems worse, in the sense of potential, but there is zero evidence of that in the Python/Everglades situation. For starters everything is public record, there were about 1,600 licensed registrants and they killed less than <100 snakes. At the time it probably worked out to less than $1/participant, in response the Florida Wildlife Commission has removed the bounty and instead permits the selling of the skin and meat. Odds are the this article itself produces more revenue than hunting the Pythons, but again I don't think anyone would say ad revenue from these stories incentives the media to make the problem worse.