Legitimate release/repopulation programs

[snakeman]

even when you relocate.They usually die.Big waste of time and money.It's just a cover so they can build where they want.

[Stefan-A]

even when you relocate.They usually die.Big waste of time and money.It's just a cover so they can build where they want.

Many of them do die, but that's still (marginally) better than leaving them where they'll die for certain, from an animal welfare perspective. But I agree it's a waste of time and money from a nature conservation perspective, although I'd love to be proven wrong.