Wed, Jul 15th, 2009
Atlanta - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is convening the nation's first "python posse," an extraordinary hunt to cull a population of up to 150,000 slithering beasts from state lands and, potentially, Everglades National Park.
The bounty hunt proposal comes after the recent death of a Florida toddler by an escaped pet python and a congressional hearing last week where Florida Sen. Bill Nelson (D) unrolled a 17-foot skin from a python captured in the Everglades.
Related stories from top sites:
Washington joins python chase in Florida
Jul 15th, 2009 - The Christian Science Monitor
Atlanta - This just in from Washington: The Feds will not only join Florida's great snake hunt, but will expand it to include aerial surveillance and research into the lifestyles of feral Burmese pythons suspected to be lying low...
Florida ready to unleash 'python posse'
Jul 15th, 2009 - USA Today
Florida is on the verge of unleashing a "python posse" to track down and kill giant snakes on state land, The Miami Herald reports. The paper quotes Rodney Barreto...
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- Python found in Florida...(Sept. 12) -- Wildlife officials seized a 400-pound python from a Florida home on Friday. Delilah, a pet Burmese python, was removed from her chain-link cage in her caretaker's backyard -- ...
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ramobthesharkTue, Nov 3rd, 20091 Diggs, 0 CommentsGiant snakes invading North America
There may be a strange, slithering invasion coming from the South. Big snakes like anacondas, boa constrictors and pythons now live in the wilds of southern Florida. Although not originally native to the United States, some of them are now being born there. Most were people%u2019s pets (or the offspring of pets) that got too big, leading the owners(Pets & Animals)
ryche1983Thu, Oct 29th, 20091 Diggs, 0 CommentsPython "Nightmare": New Giant Species Invading Florida
Africa's largest snake -- the "vicious," 20-foot rock python -- is now colonizing the Everglades, scientists say. The giant snake's threat is "worse" than that of the Burmese python, another alien likely introduced to the swamp by the pet trade.(Environment)
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