How do you kill snakes humanely in the Florida Python Challenge? In the competition, Burmese pythons must be humanely killed. Novices must kill them immediately at the place they were caught.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission shows step-by-step instructions on how to safely and effectively capture a python.

Step 2: Pin the python. It's best to approach a python from behind, so they can't see. Use a long-handled tool, like the snake hook, to firmly pin the snake right behind the head.

A total of 294 Burmese pythons were eliminated during the 2025 Florida Python Challenge – the most of any python challenge since the event started in 2013. But only one snake by a hunter was declared ...

The Burmese python — an apex predator that can grow over 18 feet long and eat animals larger than itself — has decimated ...

Her name is Taylor Stanberry and thanks to finding and eliminating 60 pythons in July, she's the 2025 winner of the Florida Python Challenge.

Florida wants you to kill as many of the invasive Burmese pythons as you can during the 10-days contest in July. But you can't shoot them.