Starting in March 2017, the Python Elimination Program incentivizes a limited number of public-spirited individuals to humanely euthanize these destructive snakes, which have become an apex predator in the Everglades.
The state has been paying a select group of 25 hunters to catch and kill the invasive snakes on state lands in South Florida since March 2017. Description. The three of us had been working with FWC, since a FWC Commissioners Meeting in Crystal River, to try and develop a permit and data collection system that would serve as a pilot program for the eradication of the Burmese python in the greater Everglades.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Florida is marking a milestone in its attempt to control an infestation of Burmese pythons in the Everglades. An estimate of 100,000 Burmese pythons are said to be inhabiting the Everglades due to irresponsible owners releasing unwanted specimens and those that were left behind or escaped after Hurricane Andrew struck South Florida in 1992. Burmese Python eradication program begins in South Florida. The South Florida Water Management District Governing Board is taking aggressive action to protect the Everglades and eliminate invasive pythons from its public lands. Florida Marks Milestone In Everglades Python Control Program By The Associated Press • May 22, 2018 Florida is marking a milestone in its attempt to control an infestation of Burmese … @MyFWC’s Python Action Team has removed its 1,000th Burmese python from the Everglades - this is in addtion to the 2,600 pythons removed by the @SFWMD’s Python Elimination Program. Burmese python: Resource Protection & Long-term Management; Common boa: Containment; Northern African python and other species: Eradication; Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus) Common boa (Boa constrictor) Northern African python (Python sebae) Previous Next. Escaped or released snakes have been a problem in … Giant Burmese Python Caught in Florida's Eradication Program. For more information on how hunters become approved for official python eradication efforts, go to the South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program. Imagine running into this in your yard.