Patrick Henry famously said "If this be treason, make the most of it." That was over 200 years ago. However, nobody talks (or writes) that way any more.
I don't know---I kind of like hearing something a little different occasionally, whether currently technically correct or not.
Hurry! We have to kill it before it reproduces enmasse, we wouldn't want its kind to survive several thousand years and endanger mankind forever . . . !
(Oops, looks as if they failed to stop it completely.) ~