A total of 24,697 pieces of smuggled python skin worth of 310 million yuan (47.8 million U.S. dollars) were seized and 16 suspects of smuggling were arrested by the Haikou Customs.

A total of 294 Burmese pythons were eliminated during the 2025 Florida Python Challenge – the most of any python challenge since the event started in 2013. But only one snake by a hunter was declared ...