Overview

• Taylor Stanberry won the $10,000 grand prize after removing 60 pythons, emerging as the top participant among 934 entrants.
• Participants collectively removed a record 294 snakes during the 10-day July competition, surpassing previous single-event totals.
• For the first time, Everglades National Park joined the eight official hunting locations, marking expanded collaboration with the National Park Service.
• State agencies and contractors have removed over 39,000 pythons since 2000, but experts warn that full eradication remains unlikely without sustained, multi-pronged efforts.
• Organizers continue to deploy tactics such as radio-telemetry of male pythons, egg-clutch disruption and targeted bounties to locate breeding snakes and prevent population rebounds.