Florida paying bounty hunters to control its python population

[Dave.357]

Someone could make money arranging
Safaris for them.

 

[Marshwheeling]

How long before those with too much time on their hands start a "save the pythons" movement?

Hey, snakes are people, too.

 

[Rule3]

They may catch a few and look like heroes but the war will never end. Ever been IN the Glades?? It's endless and snakes can hide anywhere,


Only way I see the population going down is the snakes will kill/eat all their food sources (which they have almost done already)


Now we are battling green Iguanas, saw a 4 foot one in the yard a day ago. They were never here. It will be like the Fl Keys

 

[oldbrownhat]

Are they illegally here?

Not quite. From the article:

Burmese pythons are thought to have come to Florida as pets in the mid-1990s. From 1996 to 2006, around 99,000 pythons were brought to the US to be sold as pets. When some escaped into the wild, they found a python paradise rich in prey such as mice, squirrels and birds – but also, large animals including deer and even alligators...​

How long before those with too much time on their hands start a "save the pythons" movement?

PETA: PYTHONS' ETHICAL TREATMENT ASSOCIATION ?