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Last year's hunt caught 209 snakes. The prize was $10,000. ... Today, there are no reliable estimates of python abundance in Florida, the 2023 report says.
The ten-day annual Florida snake hunt is now underway. Here's what to know before slithering over to the Everglades. Everything to know: Florida Python Challenge, the snake hunt with a cult-like ...
Both were once snake killers for hire for the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) but now work as professional snake hunting guides. "I was a state contractor for four years," says Siewe.
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.
To combat the number of exotic snakes in the U.S., and specifically in South Florida, the U.S. Department of the Interior added four species of snakes—the Burmese python, both subspecies of the African rock python (northern and southern), and the yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus)—to Lacey Act provisions, making their import into the U.S ...
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 ...
Also during 2023, Florida wildlife agency and district contractors removed about 2,200 pythons. Amy Siewe, the self-named Python Huntress, won a prize last year for catching a Burmese python ...
The non-governmental organization FISC published the following list of invasive plant species in 2023. [171] Formerly known as Florida Exotic Plant Pest Council (FLEPPC), the council changed its name to Florida Invasive Species Council (FISC) to retire outdated terminology. [172] [173]