The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is planning to organize a public hunt for invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades. The next 'Python Challenge' could be organized early next year and registrations for the same will open in October.

In 2013, around 1,600 people took part in the python hunt that continued for a month on state lands. In total, 68 pythons were captured.

As per experts, there may be tens of thousands of pythons present in the Everglades. Kristen Sommers of the wildlife commission's exotic species coordination section said that around 200 pythons are caught on an average in a year.

In the next Python Challenge, more number of people will be given training and improvements will be brought as how to identify the invasive snakes. This will help in finding out more number of the species.

In the last hunt organized in 2013, the authorities offered prizes up to $1,500 and drew hunters from 38 states and Canada. But the month-long hunt was not able to bring a decline in the Burmese python population. For now, no additional details of the hunt have been announced.

Experts affirmed that cold weather brings out the cold-blooded reptiles. Burmese pythons are considered as South Florida's top predator. They are considered dangerous for many animals. In fact, they have been blamed for the extinction of many small mammals in the Everglades.

Many steps have been taken time to time to eliminate them, but all of them have remained unsuccessful. The biggest killer of the snakes was the historic 2010 freeze. University of Florida wildlife biologist Frank Mazzotti said the hunt allows people to involve and solve the problem or at least think about any new solution.