Nighttime Python Hunting: A Dangerous Livelihood.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by The New York Times
Amy Siewe, a former real estate agent, has become a full-time guide teaching people how to find and euthanize invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades. Florida has organized state-sponsored competitions to raise awareness and reward hunters who catch and humanely kill the most pythons. The program pays contractors to hunt pythons throughout the year, but some hunters like Siewe have struck out on their own. Pythons have decimated native wildlife since they were introduced as exotic pets, and efforts to eliminate them have been largely unsuccessful. Hunting pythons is a challenging and time-consuming task, but every python removed helps save the lives of native animals.
