Page 27 - Florida Python Challenge News Today

The Python Challenge begins on July 9 and runs through July 18.

Gov. Ron DeSantis was in South Florida Thursday to announce registration is open for the Florida Python Challenge.

The pythons have been known to devour bird and mammal populations.

Gov. Ron DeSantis was in South Florida Thursday to announce registration is open for the Florida Python Challenge.

Snake and eggs? Florida may want more python on menu Chris Perkins Fort Lauderdale, Fla. — Donna Kalil estimates she’s eaten a dozen pythons in the last three years or so. That’s not including the python jerky, says Kalil, a python hunter for the South Florida Water Management District. “I eat that several times a week because I take it out with me on python hunts and I eat it out there.” State officials would like to see more people like Kalil putting pythons on the menu — not beca...

Snake and eggs for breakfast? Florida may soon encourage eating invasive pythons Sun Sentinel 12/18/2020 Chris Perkins, South Florida Sun Sentinel © Jim Rassol / Sun Sentinel/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Jim Rassol/Sun Sentinel/TNS Donna Kalil and Renee Yousefi bag an 8- foot Burmese python along the C-304 levee in Miami-Dade County in July 2018. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Donna Kalil estimates she’s eaten a dozen pythons in the last three years or so. That’s not including...