37 pythons killed in S. Florida

Courtesy Outdoor Recreation News  Tue, 11/03/2009 - 14:19

A pilot program aimed at helping eradicate giant, nonnative Burmese pythons from South Florida has ended with 37 of the invasive constrictors being killed, wildlife officials said today.


 

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