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STUART, Fla. – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis<\/a> says that Florida is ahead of schedule in its push to remove the invasive Burmese python snake from the Everglades.<\/p>\n During a press conference in Stuart on Tuesday, DeSantis said the public-private partnership between the FWC and Inversa has tripled the number of python removals.<\/p>\n Inversa is a company that specializes in killing pythons while also using their skin to make boots, belts, wallets and other products.\u00a0<\/p>\n Python hunters come from around the world to work for this effort and CEO of Inversa, Aarav Chavda, says that they are now paying those hunters 60% higher wages.<\/p>\n According to DeSantis, there have been 748 removals in July compared to 235 removals in July 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n The tourism industry also feeds off a thriving wildlife population. According to the Everglades website, about one million people visit the national park each year.<\/p>\n “We have amazing wildlife historically in the Everglades. It\u2019s one of the most biodiverse ecosystems anywhere in the United States. Over 350 species of birds, 40 species of mammals and a rich variety of reptiles and fish. And that includes over three dozen threatened or endangered species, including, of course, the Florida Panther,” DeSantis said.<\/p>\n DeSantis said that this partnership is also benefitting the FWC as workload is down 89% since it began.<\/p>\n FWC launched the Python Action Team Removing Invasive Constrictors (PATRIC) program in 2017 which compensates people for removing pythons on public land. Governor Ron DeSantis said that wasn\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n The backstory:<\/p>\n Burmese pythons are not native to Florida,<\/a> and they were introduced through the exotic pet trade in the 1970s.<\/p>\n These giant snakes made their way to the Everglades after accidental or intentional releases by their owners, according to the South Florida Water Management District.<\/p>\n Each year, the Florida Python Challenge<\/a> takes place where participants can win thousands of dollars in prizes.\u00a0<\/p>\n For 10 days, the FWC encourages people to remove and humanely kill invasive pythons from private lands. Whoever kills the most gets $10,000.<\/p>\n It is hosted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the South Florida Water Management District.<\/p>\n PREVIOUS: Florida organization sets record for Burmese python captures during latest season<\/a><\/p>\n What’s next:<\/p>\n DeSantis says he wants to continue working with the Florida Legislature to keep the $2 million funding in place to keep removing more pythons each year.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE:>>> Follow FOX 13 on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n The Source: This story was written with information provided by Governor DeSantis, the FWC and Inversa.<\/p>\n Florida<\/a>Ron DeSantis<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STUART, Fla. – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says that Florida is ahead of schedule in its push to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[47,28,30,29,115,992,412,628],"class_list":{"0":"post-15168","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-fl","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-florida-headlines","11":"tag-florida-news","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-people","14":"tag-ron-desantis","15":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/vlcsnap-2025-10-21-13h12m33s545.jpg\")
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