The FWC's Python Action Team – Removing Invasive Constrictors (PATRIC) program, which began in 2017, has removed a record-setting number of invasive Burmese Pythons from Florida’s Everglades, in part because of a new partnership with Miami-based company Inversa.

Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesTALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Pythons, a problem throughout the Florida Everglades after being released into the wild, are now game for hunters in state parks. Thats an additional 130,000 acres, DeSantis said during an announcement at Everglades Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale. The state already has allowed hunters to kill pythons at sites such as wildlife management areas and small-game hunting areas. The expansion required approval of the state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Were putting a lot of money into restoring the Everglades, DeSantis said.