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![The annual Florida Python Challenge is underway and concludes Aug. 18. Professional python trapper Brandon Rahe writes that native species, and indeed the entire Everglades ecosystem, would probably be better off without it. The annual Florida Python Challenge is underway and concludes Aug. 18. Professional python trapper Brandon Rahe writes that native species, and indeed the entire Everglades ecosystem, would probably be better off without it.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Python_Challenge_Florida_67734.jpg?w=132)
Python trapper: The annual Python Challenge does more harm than good | Opinion
The annual Florida Python Challenge is underway and concludes Aug. 18. Professional python trapper Brandon Rahe writes that native species, and indeed the entire Everglades ecosystem, would probably be better...
![A former contractor with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's python program writes that a lack of enforcement and education is failing to set up python hunters for success. A former contractor with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's python program writes that a lack of enforcement and education is failing to set up python hunters for success.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2022/10/25/S7H4TGSEXNEE7CMM4MWGZUISVE.jpg?w=135)
Python hunters need better education and regulation | Opinion
A former contractor with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's python program writes that a lack of enforcement and education is failing to set up python hunters for success.