Florida Wildlife Officials Take Aim At Pythons

By CBS Miami Team, CBS Miami

December 1, 2022

State wildlife officials want more money to eradicate invasive Burmese pythons and increased penalties for people who illegally import and release venomous reptiles.

The proposals were part of $150.2 million in legislative funding requests backed Wednesday by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservative Commission.

Also, agency staff members were directed to consider giving a boost to people called out to handle nuisance alligators.

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