Republican opposition to python import ban rings hollow

Washington Notebook

Monday, January 23, 2012

By Eric Kulisch On Jan. 17, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said a ban on the import and interstate transportation of four non-native constrictor snakes - pythons - would go into effect in two months. The decision was made to protect the ecological balance of the Florida Everglades where these giant predators feed on birds, mammals, and reptiles, some of them endangered species. The population of the Burmese python, yellow anaconda an...

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