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Hunters Aid In The Fight Against Nonnative Snakes
Friday, February 26th, 2010 Posted in Wild Animal News | No Comments »
It never ceases to amaze me. We just wrapped up a big event in the Everglades, in which we trained hunters on how to capture and remove nonnative snakes, and we sent them out to test their skills. It was a cold, damp day. The experts said the pythons would be hiding due to the inclement weather. The media that gathered were not optimistic. In fact, none of us were. We pretty much resigned ourselves to the prospect that the hunters might go home empty-handed. But sure enough, a team of freshly trained hunters spotted a 5-foot Burmese python in the brush along the L-67 levee. The hunter told us he was able to spot and stalk the snake after receiving our training. He had never caught a wild python ... Read more..