Meet the women hunting giant pythons ‘eating everything’ in the Everglades
HAPPY hour in the kitchen
HAPPY hour in the kitchen
HAPPY hour in the kitchen
Happy hour in the kitchen: These five women have gone into the Everglades to save the day.
When the group of five women, each under the age of 50, began heading into the everglades with the mission of bringing awareness to the ever-threatening pythons, they were not naive about what they were facing.
“We didn’t know the extent of what pythons were doing on the Everglades,” said Stephanie, a mother of two from San Bernardino, California, who joined a group of other moms, dads, families and friends of pythons. “We had no idea the pythons would be this big, or that they could eat an entire chicken at one time. Just the fact that they were here, and had a huge infestation, was really disconcerting.”
Photo: Stephanie
Photo: Stephanie
Photo: Stephanie
The five moms met last month in Florida with a group of nearly 600 other women on the International Day of Paws, sponsored by the Paws for Wildlife campaign and the Animal Rescue League of Miami.
Pythons have had a bad rap for being venomous and deadly snakes, but the reality is that pythons are not venomous. And when combined with the Florida Everglades, they are a giant threat to humanity and wildlife.
There are an estimated 1.5 million snakes living in the Everglades and Florida, but the largest population is at Everglades National Park, where there are more than 1,500 native venomous rattlesnakes, according to the National Park Service.
“It was so mind-blowing to be there and see so much of an impact right in our backyard that we could actually help,” said Stephanie. “How can we do something for the pythons and not give it all in our backyard?”
There is another benefit