Wild monkeys with killer herpes are breeding like crazy in Florida

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Post by Bender » Thu, Jan 03, 2019, 8:28 PM UTC

Wild monkeys with killer herpes are breeding like crazy in Florida
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Re: Wild monkeys with killer herpes are breeding like crazy in Florida

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Post by ntumlin » Thu, Jan 03, 2019, 9:36 PM UTC

Don't take this as me wanting it to happen, but what would it take for the decision to be made to kill these monkeys, and who would make it?

Is there a state or federal agency that's ever determined an animal to be a threat to people in an area to the degree that they then tried to wipe it out? Does it matter that the monkeys got put here because some company thought tourists would like them?

Re: Wild monkeys with killer herpes are breeding like crazy in Florida

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Post by pm90 » Thu, Jan 03, 2019, 9:38 PM UTC

ntumlin wrote: post #2

Don't take this as me wanting it to happen, but what would it take for the decision to be made to kill these monkeys, and who would make it? Is there a state or federal agency that's ever determined an animal to be a threat to people in an area to the degree that they then tried to wipe it out? Does it matter that the monkeys got put here because some company thought tourists would like them?

Likely the CDC. Wonder why they haven't already acted on this.

Re: Wild monkeys with killer herpes are breeding like crazy in Florida

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Post by driverdan » Thu, Jan 03, 2019, 9:41 PM UTC

Non-blogspam source: https://www.wftv.com/news/local/wild-monkeys-with-herpes-in-...

Re: Wild monkeys with killer herpes are breeding like crazy in Florida

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Post by psychoknot » Thu, Jan 03, 2019, 9:43 PM UTC

ntumlin wrote: post #2

Don't take this as me wanting it to happen, but what would it take for the decision to be made to kill these monkeys, and who would make it? Is there a state or federal agency that's ever determined an animal to be a threat to people in an area to the degree that they then tried to wipe it out? Does it matter that the monkeys got put here because some company thought tourists would like them?

Unfortunately people caught on to what we were doing after Michael Brown, so probably not

Re: Wild monkeys with killer herpes are breeding like crazy in Florida

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jan 03, 2019, 9:47 PM UTC

psychoknot wrote: post #5

ntumlin wrote: post #2

Don't take this as me wanting it to happen, but what would it take for the decision to be made to kill these monkeys, and who would make it? Is there a state or federal agency that's ever determined an animal to be a threat to people in an area to the degree that they then tried to wipe it out? Does it matter that the monkeys got put here because some company thought tourists would like them?

Unfortunately people caught on to what we were doing after Michael Brown, so probably not

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Re: Wild monkeys with killer herpes are breeding like crazy in Florida

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Post by zafka » Thu, Jan 03, 2019, 9:53 PM UTC

ntumlin wrote: post #2

Don't take this as me wanting it to happen, but what would it take for the decision to be made to kill these monkeys, and who would make it? Is there a state or federal agency that's ever determined an animal to be a threat to people in an area to the degree that they then tried to wipe it out? Does it matter that the monkeys got put here because some company thought tourists would like them?

I would be more inclined to fund a vaccination program if possible.

Re: Wild monkeys with killer herpes are breeding like crazy in Florida

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Post by FreeFull » Thu, Jan 03, 2019, 9:56 PM UTC

zafka wrote: post #7

ntumlin wrote: post #2

Don't take this as me wanting it to happen, but what would it take for the decision to be made to kill these monkeys, and who would make it? Is there a state or federal agency that's ever determined an animal to be a threat to people in an area to the degree that they then tried to wipe it out? Does it matter that the monkeys got put here because some company thought tourists would like them?

I would be more inclined to fund a vaccination program if possible.

There is no herpes vaccine. It's hard to develop one, due to the way the virus evades the immune system.

Re: Wild monkeys with killer herpes are breeding like crazy in Florida

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Post by slcjordan » Thu, Jan 03, 2019, 10:04 PM UTC

I remember reading "Summer of the Monkeys" in elementary school. I guess I didn't understand the level of foreshadowing in that book.

Re: Wild monkeys with killer herpes are breeding like crazy in Florida

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Post by honkycat » Thu, Jan 03, 2019, 10:04 PM UTC

ntumlin wrote: post #2

Don't take this as me wanting it to happen, but what would it take for the decision to be made to kill these monkeys, and who would make it? Is there a state or federal agency that's ever determined an animal to be a threat to people in an area to the degree that they then tried to wipe it out? Does it matter that the monkeys got put here because some company thought tourists would like them?

IMO this is the most pragmatic solution.

Why keep around an invasive species that carries a deadly virus?