Ron DeSantis: “The python removals have gone up dramatically.”

“You know, we are working very hard on these pythons and we're partnering, you know, got private cup, we're doing all this stuff. The, The python removals have gone up dramatically. We want to keep that going. I mean, these things are not native to this area and they don't have a natural predator. And so they just basically wreak havoc on the ecosystem.” (24:00–24:03)

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