Tally reaches 500 in Florida Everglades Burmese python hunt
MIAMI — Hunters have killed 500 Burmese pythons during an elimination program in the Florida Everglades. Officials who are overseeing the program tell local news outlets that Miami snake hunter Jason Leon killed the 500th python — a 7-foot (2-meter) snake — Thursday morning. It was his second kill since the Python Elimination Program began