ORLANDO, Fla. – With the annual Florida Python Challenge just weeks away, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) offers free online seminars to educate the public about Burmese python trapping.
The monthly virtual class, called Python Patrol, was created to help Floridians learn the basics of Python identification and capture. The first training begins at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Recommended Videos
Sessions are held every third Thursday through September.
The Florida Python Challenge begins Aug. 9 and requires mandatory training before registration. The competition offers prizes of up to $10,000 for the most and longest invasive snakes.
Katrina Scales is a senior content producer for News 6 Mornings, News 6 at Noon, News 6 at 4:30 p.m. and for WKMG's numerous digital platforms. She is the voice and producer behind the award-winning podcast "Your Florida Daily". Katrina grew up in Brevard County and began her journalism career in radio before joining News 6 in 2021.
