Save the Everglades, Eat Python for Christmas Dinner (Podcast)

Invasive Burmese pythons are becoming a real problem in Florida’s Everglades, where the animals have no natural predators and are causing plummeting populations of native species like foxes and rabbits. State wildlife officials have encouraged the hunting of these massive snakes, but the problem still persists.

Now, according to Bloomberg Law correspondent Jennifer Kay, officials are trying a different tack: convincing Floridians to start eating python meat.

On the latest episode of our weekly environmental podcast, Parts Per Billion, Jennifer explains why Florida is getting increasingly desperate to eliminate pythons, and whether encouraging state residents to eat snakes could actually ...