Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the middle of all of the 2026 Florida Python Challenge hoopla, the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), included ...

Although the Burmese python is not protected in Florida, anti-cruelty laws still apply when hunting this week. The competition recognizes the legal and ethical obligations to ensure humane killing is ...

A 69-year-old professional python hunter and veterans nonprofit founder from Lutz, Florida, captured and euthanized 96 invasive Burmese pythons during the 2026 Florida Python Challenge — setting a new ...

Tom Rahill said he was on a mission. Rahill, the ultimate grand prize winner for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, was recognized by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) today ...

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition to help control the invasive Burmese python population. Hunters must humanely kill captured pythons, and decapitation is not considered a humane ...

Florida holds an annual 10-day Python Challenge to control the invasive Burmese python population. Participants compete for prizes, including a $10,000 grand prize for removing the most pythons. The ...