Winner of Florida python hunting contest nabs 96 snakes: ‘I was on a mission’

A hunter won Florida's annual python challenge, eliminating ninety-six invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades and claiming a ten-thousand-dollar prize. The Guardian reports the ten-day contest, held across eight designated hunting locations, is part of a state initiative to remove these invasive snakes from the national park.

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