Donna Kalil is a contracted snake hunter who won the 2024 Florida Python Challenge for catching and removing 11 of the invasive reptiles. In just over a week, hundreds of python hunters will descend ...
The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons. The competition raises awareness of the threat these snakes pose to the Everglades ecosystem. Burmese pythons ...
It takes a lot to give professional snake wranglers the creeps, but it happened when a group of hunters captured a python plagued by blood-sucking ticks in Florida’s Everglades. If there’s such a ...
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Florida 'snake man' praised after capturing and removing 12-foot python: 'There's just too many of them now'
"What a snake though … wow." Florida 'snake man' praised after capturing and removing 12-foot python: 'There's just too many ...
ADELAIDE, Australia -- It seems this snake was a little over-eager about his hankering for barbecue sauce. A snake had to be treated by vets at the University of Adelaide after it swallowed barbecue ...
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'A long 10 days': Florida Python Challenge winner captured 60 snakes and $10K. How she did it
Taylor Stanberry is the Ultimate Grand Prize Winner for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge thanks to her efforts to eliminate 60 of the invasive species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem.
These hunters couldn't just slither their way out of this one! In order to win a cash prize, they had to face a snake head-on. Hailing from the U.S. and Canada, more than 900 people participated in ...
Python hunters must humanely kill snakes: How Florida has cracked down in contests through the years
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 ...
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