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Today we sit down with National Geographic’s Python Hunter’s very own Shawn Heflick and talk about the recent HR511 hearing and how he feels about it. Later on we also get into what everyone can do to help the fight and prevent further fights in the future. Sit back, enjoy and don’t forget to tell your friends about DRN by hitting one of the share buttons below.

WASHINGTON — The monstrous snakes that have invaded the Everglades and gobbled up some of its endangered wildlife are Florida’s problem, not cause for a nationwide ban, someRepublicans in Congress declared on Thursday.

Their staunch opposition greatly diminishes the chances that Congress will approve a bill to broaden the ban on invasive snakes that was proposed by U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Tequesta, and supported by proponents of Everglades restoration.

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