Why don't we do with (problem) snakes what we do with the mosquito, specifically releasing either a) irradiated males who are sterile that produce offspring that do not hatch, or b) males with an installed gene drive that can only sire males for all future generations?
Either case results in a population crash. I don't know if gene drives have been used against wild populations as yet (although there is great interest and substantial justification).
Either case results in a population crash. I don't know if gene drives have been used against wild populations as yet (although there is great interest and substantial justification).