Agencies across the state have been refining the Florida Python Challenge, through the years, to minimize inhumane euthanasia and curb fraud, all while continuing to encourage participation in the … ...

Burmese pythons in Florida are the ultimate invasive swamp monster and have consumed a significant percentage of south Florida's mammals.

How to humanely kill a python FWC and other wildlife agencies prohibit any inhumane treatment of animals, even damaging invasive species like the Burmese python.

The South Florida Water Management District's new python incentive program has led to the elimination of more than 100 of the invasive snakes.

The annual competition to raise awareness and eliminate the invasive Burmese python was held July 10-20, 2025 in the Everglades.

It suggests shooting the snake in the head with a firearm or decapitating it with a machete. Wildlife officials say the 2013 Python Challenge is not only about killing snakes.

Decapitating Burmese pythons — a sanctioned method for killing the invasive snakes in the upcoming Python Challenge contest — is “despicably cruel” and may violate state animal cruelty ...

As you can see from my battle wounds, I’m about 220 pounds and it pulled me to the grass,” one of the brave rescuers said.

Not only did Taylor Stanberry become the first woman to win the Florida Python Challenge, but she did it in record style.