He won $10,000 for taking top honors, removing 20 Burmese pythons − the invasive snake damaging the ecosystem mostly in the Everglades. A total of 195 pythons were removed, 14 fewer than 2023.
But there could be just one winner of the $10,000 grand prize, and that was Ronald Kiger of Marion County, who brought in 20 Burmese pythons during the contest. Kiger's triumph was announced at ...