A Florida man was hailed as a hero for catching an 8-foot-long invasive python, and then fined for it. Where is it legal to kill them?

A Florida man was fined $180 for capturing an invasive 8-foot Burmese python in Everglades National Park. While python removal is encouraged in much of Florida, a permit is required to handle wildlife ...

Online warning issued: An aspiring Burmese python owner was told by commenters that solo handling is unsafe and emergency devices like Tasers are ineffective. Risks of large snakes: Even nonaggressive ...

While snakehunters across the state sign up for the Florida Python Challenge starting in July, a Miami man was lauded by onlookers in April when he spotted one of the highly invasive Burmese pythons ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Then, after waiting with the snake for a park ranger as he was told to, 42-year-old Yatir Nitzany was fined $180 and cited for ...