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New Winner Announced For State’s Python Challenge

MIAMI (AP) — There’s a new winning snake in the state’s “Python Challenge.” The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said Sunday that Blake Russ of Fruitland Park should have won $1,000 for bagging the […]

CBS Tampa–2013/02/18

File photo of a Burmese python. (credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Florida’s Python Hunt Yields 37 Snakes So Far

Florida’s “Python Challenge” is more than halfway through, with more than three dozen Burmese pythons killed so far.

2013/01/30

Two men hunt for pythons in the Everglades during the Python Challenge. (credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

30 Pythons Killed So Far In Florida’s Python Hunt

More than 1,000 people signed up to hunt Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades, but just a fraction of them have been successful so far.

2013/01/25

A Burmese python is seen on display at the registration event and press conference for the start of the 2013 Python Challenge (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

21 Invasive Pythons Killed So Far In Fla. Contest

The man known as “Alligator Ron” has a lifetime of experience in the Florida Everglades, a fleet of airboats at his disposal and knows the habitats of furry prey for large reptiles. He still couldn’t lead a pack of hunters to a single Burmese python.

2013/01/18

Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on voting rights at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Dec. 19, 2012 in Washington, DC. (credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Sen. Bill Nelson Joining Hunt In ‘Python Challenge’

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is joining the hunt for Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades.

2013/01/17

File photo of a Burmese python. (Photo by ROBERT SULLIVAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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