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NewsWSVN 7 News MiamiAugust 5, 2026Miami-Dade

Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission awards $10,000 to top winner of 2026 Python Challenge

Tom Rahill won the 2026 Florida Python Challenge grand prize by removing 96 Burmese pythons during the 10-day competition. The event, organized by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), saw over 900 participants remove a total of 280 invasive snakes from South Florida.

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Why It Matters

The annual competition incentivizes the removal of invasive Burmese pythons to mitigate their impact on Florida's native wildlife and ecosystem.

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personTom Rahill“Grand prize winner who removed 96 pythons.”organizationSunbeam Television Corp“Copyright holder of the news report.”organizationFlorida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission“Organized the 2026 Florida Python Challenge.”