When is it OK to use a firearm to kill a python and when is it a problem? Here's what we know. The Florida Python Challenge is a python removal competition held in August. Participants have nine ...

Only FWC staff, permit holders and python removal contractors and the South Florida Water Management District can legally transport live Burmese pythons. Everyone else must kill these snakes on site.

When is it okay to use a firearm to kill a python and when is it a problem? Here's what we know. Participants have nine days to kill as many Burmese pythons as possible. The 2024 python removal ...