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Florida python problem gets another potential solution—dogs Updated Dec 22, 2020; Posted Dec 21, 2020 Truman sits near an area where he tracked down an 8-foot-python, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, in Miami-Dade County, Fla. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation is beginning a new program to use dogs to sniff out invasive pythons. (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission via AP)AP Facebook Share Florida’s snake-y situation is getting some canine relief. ABC News reports that the Sunshine State—which is currently being plagued by an invasive species of Burmese pythons—has unle...

Florida's New Python-Sniffing Dogs Have 1st Success Truman sits near an area where he tracked down an 8-foot-python, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, in Miami-Dade County, Fla. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation is beginning a new program to use dogs to sniff out invasive pythons. (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission via AP) December 18, 2020 By Brendan Farrington Truman, the python-sniffing black Labrador retriever, recently tracked down his first snake in a new program Florida is using to eradicate the invasive species. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recen...

Florida's new python-sniffing dogs have 1st success The pythons have become a threat to the fragile ecosystem in the Florida Everglades as they devour native mammals and birds. Author: BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press Published: 4:49 AM PST December 17, 2020 Updated: 4:49 AM PST December 17, 2020 TALLAHASSEE, Fla — Truman, the python-sniffing black Labrador retriever, recently tracked down his first snake in a new program Florida is using to eradicate the invasive species. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recently bega...

Florida is turning to the dogs to help solve its Burmese python problem.  The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has been training dogs to track down pythons for more than a month. Last week, one of the dogs had its first successful find.  Truman, a black Labrador retriever, found an 8-foot python in the Rocky Glades Public Small Game Hunting Area in Miami-Dade County on Dec. 8.  "We've got to stay innovative," Eric Sutton, FWC’s executive director, said Wednesday, according to The Associated Press. "We've got to try new approaches and the detector dogs is just one a...

Python-sniffing dog finds first snake as Florida introduces new way to address invasive species A python-sniffing dog in Florida has been appointed to help the state avoid ruff situations with snakes. The new initiative was recently introduced by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in an effort to find and remove the troublesome reptiles. Last week, a black Labrador retriever named Truman found his first python in Rocky Glades Public Small Game Hunting Area. Another dog, Eleanor, was trained along with Truman to find snakes by introducing the canines to their smell. © Pro...