How to humanely kill a python FWC and other wildlife agencies prohibit any inhumane treatment of animals, even damaging invasive species like the Burmese python.

Agencies across the state have been refining the Florida Python Challenge, through the years, to minimize inhumane euthanasia and curb fraud, all while continuing to encourage participation in the … ...

The annual competition to raise awareness and eliminate the invasive Burmese python was held July 10-20, 2025 in the Everglades.

How to kill a python — properly The FWC follows guidelines recommended by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), which includes a two-step process to ensure the snake dies without ...

As you can see from my battle wounds, I’m about 220 pounds and it pulled me to the grass,” one of the brave rescuers said.

Participants can be subject to disqualification for inhumanely killing a python or for removing a native snake, says the official website. The humane way includes “pithing,” a method of ...

How to humanely kill a Burmese python in Florida According to FWC, Burmese pythons are not protected in Florida except by anti-cruelty law. Burmese python must be humanely euthanized.

The python's head was as big as a garden spade, lunging at hunter once, twice, before sinking its recurved teeth into his arm.

The South Florida Water Management District's new python incentive program has led to the elimination of more than 100 of the invasive snakes.

For this hunt, permitted python handlers also must kill any captured snakes on site. Burmese pythons were first recorded in South Florida in the 1980s.