What's up with everyone wanting to let their pets go?

Yes it is horrible, I live in Florida and actually live in a town that has nile monitors and it is truly affecting the borrowing owl which is sad. I have yet to see one in the wild but it seems that I am seeing less of the owls. It is horrific that there are irresponsible pet owners letting their pets go into the wild...in the Everglades there are anacondas and pythons that if they are not attempting to eat the alligators they are competition for their food but a good thing is that they are trapping them and watching out for the jerks that are releasing them....there are also a large population of black iguanas on a nearby island and they are going to capture thousand and euthanize them....now about the nile monitors it is suspected that they were actually bred in the wild but the population got out of control.....of course the problem is not just here in Florida there are other fish, snakes and reptiles being let loose all over the country sometimes wiping out the local ponds and lakes and so on....I agree with you it is horrible and sadly there is not enough control on exotic pets as there should be. You will never here them say have your snake spayed or neutered.