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The U.S. Association of Reptile Keepers petitioned the Georgia Board of Natural Resources to rethink a ban on breeding Burmese pythons. But state regulators were more concerned about protecting native species.
Credit: Andy Wraithmell/Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission