(The first was held in 2013 there have been none since.) A month-long public hunt held on a vast expanse of state forests and other government-owned land north of Everglades national park, the challenge was designed to cull numbers while also raising public awareness about a growing ecological problem. Koehler and Van Gorder’s love affair with Burmese pythons began in 2016, when the FWC held its second python challenge. The other four days the couple are usually out chasing pythons as members of Patric: the Python Action Team – Removing Invasive Constrictors, which is managed by the Florida fish and wildlife conservation commission (FWC). Three days a week, Koehler runs Hair of the Dog with her partner of 31 years, Peggy van Gorder. “Peggy’s been bit once, but really, we’re very careful.” “I have never been bit,” she proudly adds.
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