Python purge: Florida contest turns public loose in Everglades
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If you have 30 minutes and $25, and you can make your way to the Everglades, you can be a snake wrangler. The Sunshine State is hosting a month-long “Python Challenge" beginning Jan. 12 with cash prizes of up to $1,500 for the biggest snakes caught. Wildlife officials urge caution, but beyond the online course and the fee, there are no other requirements to hunt down the Burmese pythons, which can reach nearly 18 feet in length and have devastated much of the southern Florida ecosystem. “Aside from the obvious goal of reducing the Burmese python population in the Everglades, we also hope to educate the public about Burmese pythons in Florida and how people can help limit the impact of this and other invasive species in Florida,” said Carli Segelson, a spokeswoman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
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Carli Segelson
Overall Sentiment: -0.0477526
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| -0.174117 | “Aside from the obvious goal of reducing the Burmese python population in the Everglades, we also hope to educate the public about Burmese pythons in Florida and how people can help limit the impact of this and other invasive species in Florida,” said Carli Segelson, ... |
| 0.11325 | “Whichever method they use, hunters have an ethical obligation to dispatch the snake as humanely as possible,” Segelson said. ... |
| -0.0166892 | “Anytime folks go out in the woods we expect them to use extreme caution, especially when handling a reptile as large as the Burmese Python,” Segelson said. ... |
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Michael Dorcas
Overall Sentiment: -0.0464062
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| 0 | “You can go out and you can find pythons, but you can’t go out and find all the pythons — in any area,” Dorcas said. ... |
| -0.310662 | “You can go out and you can find pythons, but you can’t go out and find all the pythons — in any area,” Dorcas said. “They’re very secretive animals. And when you have a landscape that is very vast and inaccessible, it makes it very difficult to find these snakes.” |
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Carli Segalson
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StateOrCounty: Florida
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City: Everglades
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Organization: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
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Organization: Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
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Python purge: Florida contest turns public loose in Everglades
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