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Post by Ira Runyan on Jan 6, 2013 9:59:39 GMT -5
They are going to have a Python hunt in the everglades which will last 1 month. This should have been done years ago. The only thing is it should be all year long. see the story: www.orlandosentinel.com/fl-python-hunt-20130104,0,2301427.story?track=rss
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Post by Ira Runyan on Feb 4, 2013 20:13:39 GMT -5
The Python Hunt ends in a few days.... Last report I saw said that 41 snakes had been captured. It has been estimated that the Python population is between 30,000 and 100,000, so these 41 snakes are not significant. The State of Florida really does not appear to be interested in killing off the invading snakes. Their main concern seems to be to gather data to be studied by the University of Florida and other researchers. They should just let the people of Florida to kill them off and maybe offer a small bounty for them. There was a program where you could buy a permit to hunt pythons if you met certain requirements, but that program has been suspended while they study the program. If they were serious, you would not have to get a permit to hunt and kill pythons. See: Python Removal Program and Python Permit Program Frequently Asked QuestionsOf interest is a program by The Nature Conservancy where citizens are trained to spot the Pythons and report their location to a call center that dispatches trained personal to kill or capture the snakes. You can read about the program on line.... See: Stopping a Burmese Python Invasion
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Post by thefloridashooter on Feb 4, 2013 22:25:11 GMT -5
Ira,
I agree with you 100%. When my wife and were coming down to escape the northern winter we stumbled across a Boa in Naples. That was in 2009.
Jon
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Post by Ira Runyan on Feb 8, 2013 9:20:36 GMT -5
Turns out that a web site was set up for the 2013 Python Challengeā¢. That page reports that 50 harvested Burmese pythons were received by the University of Florida as of Friday, February 8. The final day to harvest Burmese pythons for the 2013 Python Challengeā¢ is Sunday, February 10. The page was set up by the Wildlife Foundation of Florida (WFF). The WFF is the non-profit 501(c)(3) citizen support organization for the FWC. See the page: 2013 Python Challenge
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Post by Ira Runyan on Feb 16, 2013 22:19:56 GMT -5
Today, February 16, 2013 the final results of the Python Hunt was announced at an awards ceremony in Miami. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) today announced the results: 68 Burmese pythons harvested during the Jan. 12-through-Feb. 10 competition.
The elimination of 68 Burmese Pythons is very disappointing results indeed when you consider that just one female can lay more eggs than that in a single clutch. At that rate they will never get rid of the Python problem in Florida.
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