The state of Florida has entered into a public-private partnership with Inversa — a leather company that specializes in invasive species — to support the fight against Burmese pythons.

The partnership has Inversa overseeing the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Python Action Team Removing Invasive Constrictors (PATRIC) program, which employs 50 professional, trained python hunters.

The hunters are paid by the hour and by the foot, just as they were previously, but now they have the option of selling the snake’s skins to Inversa, which pays them additionally, depending on the size of the snake and the condition of the skin.

During a news conference in Stuart on Tuesday morning, Gov. Ron DeSantis first asked if anyone wanted to pet the captive python that wildlife offici

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