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re: How does Florida get rid of a plague of pythons?
Posted on 6/18/23 at 12:22 am to Auburn1968
Posted on 6/18/23 at 12:22 am to Auburn1968
What Florida needs, but won't get, is about 2 weeks a year of well below freezing weather to stem the python population.
Realistically, they have to take off the kid gloves and allow folks to go out with guns and kill as many as they can find.
Current regulations say you have to catch the python live, by hand and dispatch it later. That alone will eliminate a lot of people from even trying to catch pythons.
Realistically, they have to take off the kid gloves and allow folks to go out with guns and kill as many as they can find.
Current regulations say you have to catch the python live, by hand and dispatch it later. That alone will eliminate a lot of people from even trying to catch pythons.
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Posted on 6/18/23 at 12:28 am to gumbo2176
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Current regulations say you have to catch the python live, by hand and dispatch it later. That alone will eliminate a lot of people from even trying to catch pythons.
That's a really stupid regulation. For a dangerous invasive species that is destroying the animals in our native ecosystem, anything that works should be okay!
Posted on 6/18/23 at 6:54 am to gumbo2176
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Current regulations say you have to catch the python live, by hand and dispatch it later. That alone will eliminate a lot of people from even trying to catch pythons.
The policy wonk that came up with that should be fired. Pure stupidity. Sad for the birds down there.
Posted on 6/18/23 at 7:54 am to gumbo2176
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Current regulations say you have to catch the python live, by hand and dispatch it later. That alone will eliminate a lot of people from even trying to catch pythons.
This regulation is a prime example of how stupid government regulations have become. What is the benefit of capturing the snake then killing it as opposed to just killing it?
Posted on 6/18/23 at 8:03 am to gumbo2176
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Current regulations say you have to catch the python live, by hand and dispatch it later. That alone will eliminate a lot of people from even trying to catch pythons.
Not true remotely true. I know several baws who have killed plenty of pythons. Only restriction is you can’t like torture the things. Have to basically get it in the head and kill it (shoot it, stab it, etc). Also no limit on commissioned land or private land as long as landowner allowing you to be there. They’re just not overly easy to find a lot of the time.
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Members of the public may not transport pythons alive and must humanely kill pythons at the capture location. However, python skins or meat may be kept and/or sold.
Some Burmese pythons removed from the Everglades that have been tested for mercury levels had high amounts of mercury for human consumption. Though it is not illegal to eat python meat, the FWC cautions that neither the Florida Department of Health nor the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services have stated that python meat is safe to consume.
This post was edited on 6/18/23 at 8:07 am
Posted on 6/18/23 at 10:37 am to gumbo2176
quote:THATS NOT TRUE
Current regulations say you have to catch the python live, by hand and dispatch it later.
Removing Pythons in Florida
Posted on 6/18/23 at 3:06 pm to gumbo2176
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What Florida needs, but won't get, is about 2 weeks a year of well below freezing weather to stem the python population.
The working hypothesis has always been that since they're not a burrowing species, the northern limit of their range would be Central Florida. Recently there's some evidence that they're learning to burrow.
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