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Besides contracting with professional snake hunters, the FWC launched its now annual Florida Python Challenge in 2013. During that first four-week challenge, the snake hunters competed to capture ...
According to the wildlife agency’s website, through 2023, more than 11,000 pythons have been removed by these contractors. Last year’s challenge brought in 209 pythons and the grand prize winner was Paul Hobbs, who bagged 20 pythons. Also during 2023, Florida wildlife agency and district contractors removed about 2,200 pythons.
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Friday marked the start of the annual Florida Python Challenge, where hunters head into the Everglades to track down invasive Burmese pythons in hopes of grabbing a share of $30,000 in prizes. The ...
The python hunt officially began Friday morning and runs through 5 p.m. on Aug. 15, according to officials who gathered in Miami to kick off the annual event. ... More than 800 competitors will be ...
The Florida Python Challenge is an annual, ten-day competition where professional and novice participants join in the effort to remove invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. [1] Past the goal of removing pythons, the competition also serves as a conservation effort to raise awareness about invasive species ’ impacts to the local ecology and to ...
Florida Brown Snake; Florida redbelly snake; Crayfish Snakes Glossy Crayfish Snake; Striped Crayfish Snake; Crowned Snakes Southeastern Crown Snake ...
According to the wildlife agency’s website, through 2023, more than 11,000 pythons have been removed by these contractors. Last year's challenge brought in 209 pythons and the grand prize winner was Paul Hobbs, who bagged 20 pythons. Also during 2023, Florida wildlife agency and district contractors removed about 2,200 pythons.