re: How does Florida get rid of a plague of pythons?

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Current regulations say you have to catch the python live, by hand and dispatch it later. That alone will eliminate a lot of people from even trying to catch pythons.

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Not true remotely true. I know several baws who have killed plenty of pythons. Only restriction is you can’t like torture the things. Have to basically get it in the head and kill it (shoot it, stab it, etc). Also no limit on commissioned land or private land as long as landowner allowing you to be there. They’re just not overly easy to find a lot of the time.

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Members of the public may not transport pythons alive and must humanely kill pythons at the capture location. However, python skins or meat may be kept and/or sold.

Some Burmese pythons removed from the Everglades that have been tested for mercury levels had high amounts of mercury for human consumption. Though it is not illegal to eat python meat, the FWC cautions that neither the Florida Department of Health nor the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services have stated that python meat is safe to consume.

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