A hunter shooting a gun to kill a python? Forbidden. What about freezing the snake to kill it? Prohibited. A python run over by a car? Not allowed. These types of killings have happened before, though ...

The South Florida Water Management District started its second year of the python elimination program. One hunter has stood out.

Hunting Burmese pythons is all the rage this week as the 2024 Florida Python Challenge is underway. However, as participants gear up to hunt as many pythons as they can before Sunday night, Aug. 18, ...

Although the Burmese python is not protected in Florida, anti-cruelty laws still apply when hunting this week. The competition recognizes the legal and ethical obligations to ensure humane killing is ...

Florida incentivizes hunters to eliminate invasive Burmese pythons through programs offering cash rewards. The invasive snakes, numbering in the tens of thousands, disrupt the Everglades ecosystem by ...