Going out with a bang...Long Winded Post

[RZL36]

I totally agree that breeding also needs to be worked in concert to habitat reconstruction (as is being done with our New Jersey Pine Snake). You should also take into account the lessening of pollution in some areas (believe it or not some places are actually becoming cleaner). Also, the decline of snake populations, in the simplest mathematical sense, means that less snakes are going to meet and reproduce. What is the harm in assisting this otherwise natural action?

You've never had to play "wingman" before?

[rancor_]

You've never had to play "wingman" before?

Now that perhaps is the funniest thing Ive read on this forum! ( at least aside from some serious posts that I found hysterical)
And now we are unearthing more of a WHOLE story. What also shouldnt be forgotten when posting about what one does, is that impressionable readers might not know that whole story. makes a dangerous situation when people arent clear on what they mean.
Conversly to what stance Ive taken on this subject, I do agree that work can be done by us lowly humans to better situations of animals that we may or may not have created. Without the tireless efforts of a few dedicated herpers, little would be known about even the status of some reptiles in North America, let alone how we can help them.
They make it possible for me to sit on my butt and watch my T.s Concinus from my couch!

[Stefan-A]

Also, the decline of snake populations, in the simplest mathematical sense, means that less snakes are going to meet and reproduce. What is the harm in assisting this otherwise natural action?

It's pointless if it doesn't correct the underlying problem. Why are they scarce in the first place? Releasing more snakes might cause the whole population to collapse instead of decline.

[zooplan]

It's pointless if it doesn't correct the underlying problem. Why are they scarce in the first place? Releasing more snakes might cause the whole population to collapse instead of decline.

A wild population may collapse only by 3 reasons:
too less indiviuals
too many predators
too little resources (habitat, food, water)
When a population grows more than the habitat can host, individuals would be forced to migrate.