KOMO · Feb 28, 2016
Prizes will be awarded for longest, largest haul of pythons
In this photo taken Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, a cooler with purchased pythons arrive at All American Gator Products in Hollywood, Fla. About a third of the pythons have come to Brian Wood, owner of All American Gator Products, to be made into wallets, shoes, belts or handbags. Wood pays up to $150 apiece for the snakes, about the same price he pays for python skins imported from Asia. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)DAVIE, Fla. (AP) - Florida officials are announcing the top prizes in the state's public hunt for pythons.
The monthlong hunt ended Feb. 14. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will announce the total number of pythons caught at an awards ceremony Saturday.