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NAME: US PYTHON 20090912I TAPE: EF09/0865 IN_TIME: 10:29:34:07 DURATION: 00:01:11:05 SOURCES: ABC DATELINE: Lakeland - 11 September 2009/File RESTRICTIONS: No NAmerica/Internet SHOTLIST: Lakeland, Florida - 11 September, 2009 ++MUTE++ 1. Michael Hall, python owner, in front of shed 2. STILL of officials capturing Hall's python 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Hall, Python owner: "I've had them for fifteen years, man. They're like my babies you know. He'll come straight to me, just like that. All I've got to do is open the door and he'll come right to me." MUTE Lakeland, Florida - 11 September, 2009 4. Pan of Hall's house 5. Screened door to shed 6. Pan of interior of shed 7. Hall in front of shed 8. Shot of yard through chain link fence MUTE FILE - Sumpter Country, Florida - date unknown 9. Box full of live snakes 10. Close shot of python 11. Officials carrying out nine pound snake from an unrelated incident in which the snake killed a two year old MUTE Lakeland, Florida - 11 September, 2009 12. Hall in front of shed 13. Zoom in on still of Hall's python Xena Lakeland, Florida - 11 September, 2009 14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Hall, Python owner: "A person with a dog, oh there would be a big issue about it. But just because it's a snake, people like snakes, but I'm one of the one's that do". MUTE Lakeland, Florida - 11 September, 2009 16. Zoom in on still of Hall's python STORYLINE: A python owner in the United States is furious that authorities have confiscated his two pet pythons, which he says are like members of his own family. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission investigators removed two unlicensed Burmese pythons from Michael Hall's home in Lakeland, west central Florida on Friday. The male python called Xena was 11 feet long (3.3 metres), while the female was 17 feet long (5.2 metres) and weighed 200 pounds (90 kilogrammes). Authorities say Hall owned the snakes but did not have the required state permit to keep them. The commission lists Burmese pythons as reptiles of concern, this requires owners to purchase an annual 100 US dollar permit. Florida authorities have made cracking down and trapping non-native illegal snakes a priority after a nine-foot (three metre) python kept illegally as a pet was responsible for the death of a two-year-old child in Sumper county. Hall admits that he didn't have the necessary permits and said he never let his own toddler near the snakes. Hall was charged with second-degree misdemeanours for not having the required permit and not having a critical incident plan. He also got a warning for not having the animals microchipped. The snakes were taken to a licensed facility.

A 10 FT. LONG PYTHON WAS FOUND ON THE SIDE OF A BUSY HIGHWAY IN EUSTIS, FLORIDA LAST MONDAY. IT LIKELY ESCAPED FROM SOMEONE'S HOME. THE HUMANE SOCIETY IS CARING FOR THE SNAKE AND LOOKING FOR THE OWNER. THEY ARE SENDING OUT FLYERS TO FIND THE OWNER EVERYWHERE. IF THE OWNER DOESN'T COME FORWARD IN 2 DAYS, THE SNAKE WILL BE PUT UP FOR ADOPTION. MANY PEOPLE HAVE CALLED THE HUMANE SOCIETY EXPRESSING INTEREST IN ADOPTING THE SNAKE. ANIMAL CONTROL OF LAKE COUNTY SAYS IT'S CERTAINLY NOT THE RUN OF THE MILL SITUATION.

13:04:06:15 MS man with python wrapped around his arm...stretches python out to measure size (0:37) / 13:05:35:15 POV down water way on boat (0:15) / 13:06:04:15 POV of water and shore flying by as ...

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NAME: US SNAKES 20090805I TAPE: EF09/0745 IN_TIME: 11:20:42:06 DURATION: 00:01:40:05 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Tallahassee, 5 Aug 2009/File RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST: FILE - date and location unknown 1. Various file pictures of large python in cage Tallahassee, Florida - 05 August 2009 2. Florida Governor Charlie Crist walking into room 3. Pan of meeting of Crist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 4. Still, part of material presented at meeting, of python caught with permit 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Colonel Julie Jones, Director, law enforcement, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission: "We're looking at internet sales, prohibiting internet sales. We're looking at what kind of industry it is in Florida now, where these snakes are sold, how they're produced and how they're coming into the state to make a decision." 6. Still, part of material presented at meeting, men holding python caught with permit 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Charlie Crist, Florida Governor: "That's why this programme has been initiated, is to look out for the health safety and welfare of the people of the Florida, and we'll continue to do what we need to do to protect them." 8. Tight view of still image of men holding python 9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Colonel Julie Jones, Director, law enforcement, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission: "If you possess one of these currently, even before the permitting process came into place, no one was grandfathered in, you must have a 100 dollar a year permit, it must be chipped so we can identify, and if you release it we'll know that you're the individual that released it, there's an enhanced penalty." FILE - date and location unknown 10. Various file pictures of large python in cage STORYLINE: Florida wildlife officials are considering a ban on possessing several large, non-native reptile species after a pet Burmese python killed a two year-old girl last month. Colonel Julie Jones, director of law enforcement for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission discussed that option with Governor Charlie Crist when he visited the agency on Wednesday to get an update on a South Florida python hunt Crist requested following the girl's death. Jones said authorities were considering a ban on Internet sales and "looking at what kind of industry is in Florida now, where these snakes are sold, how they're produced and how they're coming into the state." The commission can adopt a ban on its own, but state and federal legislators have also talked about passing laws to prohibit such reptiles as pets. Commission spokeswoman Patricia Behnke said if the panel does act it also would ban other "reptiles of concern." They include the Nile monitor lizard, Indian python, reticulated python, African rock python, amethystine or scrub python and green anaconda. Behnke said officials were just beginning to look at the issue and were a long way from making any decisions on details such as whether people who now own the reptiles would be allowed to keep them. A state regulation already requires people who own reptiles of concern to register their pets with the state and pay a 100 (US) dollar fee. Microchips must be inserted in the reptiles so they and their owners can be identified if their pets escape or are released. Burmese pythons, which can grow up to 26 feet (7.9 metres) and top 200 pounds (91 kilogrammes), are popular as pets because they are relatively docile. Wildlife authorities believe large numbers were released in 1992 when Hurricane Andrew flattened several snake dealers in South Florida. The serpents have since multiplied and moved north and east. Others may have been released by pet owners. Tim Breault, director of habitat and species conservation for the commission, said 110,000 Burmese pythons have been imported to Florida since 1990 and tens of thousands may be loose on state and federal lands in South Florida including the Everglades. Officials are unsure if the other reptiles of concern have invaded Florida's environment, but they could pose similar hazards if they are released or escape. All are a threat to endangered native species such as the Key Largo wood rat as well as nesting water birds. No humans have been killed by snakes in the wild, but Jones said an aggressive eradication programme is needed to prevent that from happening. Crist said that's why he asked for the hunt on state and federal lands. The commission opened the hunt two weeks after an 8.5-foot (2.6-metre) Burmese python escaped from its tank and strangled Shaiunna Hare at her central Florida home on July 1. Since then seven reptile experts have been issued permits to capture and kill snakes. So far they have dispatched six Burmese pythons, while federal authorities last year killed about 300 in the Everglades National Park.

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A bird's eye view of the Florida Everglades wilderness adjacent to the National Preserve.

AP-APTN-1830: US Snake Tuesday, 14 August 2012 STORY:US Snake- Huge Burmese python breaks Florida records for length, number of eggs LENGTH: 01:10 FIRST RUN: 1230 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: English/Mute SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA STORY NUMBER: 854592 DATELINE: Gainesville - 13 Aug 2012 LENGTH: 01:10 SHOTLIST: 1. Pan of students wheeling dead python in on trolley ++MUTE++ 2. Various of students placing python on table ++MUTE++ 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr. Kenneth Krysko, snake expert at the Florida Museum of Natural History: "It gives us insight to the actual problem, which is invasive species, not only in the Everglades environment, but also in Florida and around the world." 4. Students cutting open python ++MUTE++ 5. Close up of Krysko working ++MUTE++ 6. Close up of eggs removed from python ++MUTE++ 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr. Kenneth Krysko, snake expert at the Florida Museum of Natural History: "We found that the Burmese python had eaten at least one bird, which we will have identified. And we also found that it contained 87 oviducal eggs. So 87 eggs that were in the oviducts which would now beat the record in Florida by two." 8. Wide of students working on python ++MUTE++ STORYLINE: The biggest Burmese python ever caught in the US state of Florida has been found in Everglades National Park, according to the University of Florida. The snake is 17 feet, 7 inches (5.18 metres) long and weighs 164 and a half pounds (74.4 kilograms). It was pregnant with 87 eggs, also said to be a record. The Burmese python was euthenised and taken to the Florida Museum of Natural History, where scientists and students did an autopsy on Monday. The snakes are native to Southeast Asia but have established a population of tens of thousands in the Everglades, where the latest find was recorded on Friday. Snake expert Kenneth Krysko said the python would give researchers insight into the problem of invasive species. Authorities have taken repeated steps to try and reduce the python problem in the Everglades, banning their importation and allowing them to be hunted. But those efforts have done little to reduce the population. Their presence in South Florida is blamed, in part, on the release of snakes that people had kept as pets. In and around Everglades National Park alone, some 1,825 Burmese pythons were found between 2000 and 2011. Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: infoaparchive.com (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. APTN APEX 08-14-12 1458EDT

YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEE THE ANIMALS AT MIAMI'S METROZOO TO APPRECIATE THEM.JUST ASK THE GROUP OF BLIND KIDS GETTING SOME HANDS-ON INTRODUCTIONS TODAY....

NAME: US SNAKE 051005N TAPE: EF05/0889 IN_TIME: 10:58:09:10 DURATION: 00:01:32:08 SOURCES: AP PHOTOS DATELINE: Everglades - 27 Sep 2005 RESTRICTIONS: No Canada/ Internet SHOTLIST 1. Still photo remains of python and alligator 2. Still photo remains of python and alligator in front of helicopter 3. Still photo remains of python and alligator STORYLINE Wildlife officials say a non-native python bit off too much of a alligator in the Everglades National Park in Homestead, Florida. A 13-foot (four-metre) python snake tried to swallow a 6-foot (1.8-metre) alligator whole, and then exploded. Last week a wildlife researcher discovered the python's remains with the alligator's hindquarters protruding from its midsection, its stomach still surrounding the alligator's head, shoulders and forelimbs. The incident has alerted biologists to new potential dangers from Burmese pythons in the Everglades. A wildlife professor from the University of Florida said the incident meant nothing in the Everglades was safe from pythons. He added the encroachment of Burmese pythons into the Everglades could threaten an eight (b) billion US dollars restoration project and endanger smaller species. Specialists believe the alligator was alive when the battle began and it may have clawed at the python's stomach as the snake tried to digest it, leading to the explosion. Alligators have had to share their territory with a python population that has swelled over the past 20 years with owners dropping off pythons they no longer want in the Everglades. The Asian snakes have thrived in the wet, hot climate and have battled alligators with increasing frequency. Everglade scientists have documented four encounters in the last three years. KEYWORD - WACKY

A SIX FOOT ALBINO PYTHON IS THE LATEST REPTILE TO GO WANDERING IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA ....THE RARE ALBINO TURNED UP IN SOMEONE'S YARD ... AND WAS CAPTURED.IT'S BELIEVED THE ALBINO BURMESE PYTHON WAS A PET THAT WAS EITHER LET GO OR ESCAPED. IT'S ILLEGAL TO RELEASE THESE SNAKES INTO THE WILD. THE SNAKE IS SIX FEET LONG .. BIG ENOUGH TO BRING DOWN A SMALL CHILD.

Visitors to Florida's Everglades National Park in late November were stunned to see an alligator swimming with its catch - a huge Burmese python that may be the largest ever found in the area. Video filmed by Kelly Alvarez from the Shark Valley Observation Tower shows the alligator with the dead, bloated, and partially eaten python in its maw. "That's so gnarly, that's so cool," Alvarez says in the video. Alvarez, who is a tour guide in the Everglades, told Storyful she believed the alligator in the video was "one of the largest" seen in the national park, but the invasive python was much longer. "The https://conservancy.org/conservancy-measures-longest-burmese-python-ever-captured/ record for longest python found in the Florida Everglades is 19 feet. Given that this alligator is minimum 10 feet, though I estimate him to be more around 12 feet, this python being twice his size is now quite possibly the longest Burmese python ever found in Everglades National Park," Alvarez told Storyful. In the video, another tour guide can be heard saying, "You know it's something serious when it's something we [tour guides] haven't seen before." (Footage by Kelly Alvarez/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)

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A 14 FOOT PYTHON IS FOUND IN A FIELD IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA. this is a good snake attack caught on tape. the enormous beast lunges for one of the men nearly biting him!!

NAME: US PYTHON 20051231I TAPE: EF05/1151 IN_TIME: 10:31:12:06 DURATION: 00:01:22:09 SOURCES: ABC (WTVT) DATELINE: Tampa, 30 Dec 2005 RESTRICTIONS: No re-use/re-sale without clearance SHOTLIST 1. Wide shot of veterinarians operating on python 2. Close-up of veterinarians 3. Medium shot veterinarian wrapping python's tail 4. Wide shot veterinarians operating 5. Close-up python 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Nicolas Maldonado, veterinarian: "It went well, no major bleeding. We have the right tools, so that's probably why everything went accordingly." 7. Wide shot python 8. Medium shot python's tail 9. Wide shot python 10. Medium shot python's tail 11. Wide shot veterinarians operating 12. Close-up python's head 13. Medium shot veterinarians operating 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Nicolas Maldonado, veterinarian: "I don't think she is going to be mad. She may be lighter, but she is going to be all right." 15. Medium shot vets operating 16. Wide shot vets operating 17. Medium shot python on table STORYLINE A 17-foot Python received a good bill of health Friday after undergoing a major surgery in the US city of Tampa, Florida. Veterinarians went through great lengths to save the 170 pound albino Burmese snake. It was suffering from a rare tail infection and needed surgery. Doctors said there was no complication during the operation and the reptile was doing fine. It will take a few weeks to heal.