Florida wildlife managers will pursue a ban on the import of Burmese python and eight other giant exotic snakes that threaten the Everglades. The move could make the snakes rarer in pet stores, which have put snakes into the hands of owners who later released them, fueling an explosion of the reptiles across South Florida and causing an increase in the number of animal bites and animal attacks.
State wildlife managers, meanwhile, are finalizing plans aimed at more directly controlling their spread in the wild: a hunting season for Burmese python and other constrictors.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission already allows licensed hunters to kill snakes they encounter during small-game and other hunting seasons in wildlife management areas. But the agency also intends to create a two-month season specifically for the troublesome snakes.
As Fort Lauderdale animal bite and animal attack lawyers, these proposed measures are sure to reduce the number of bites caused by negligent snake owners to innocent victims.
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