VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — An Edgewater man has been charged with animal cruelty after deputies say he killed a pet ball python by covering it in an acidic solution and leaving it to die in its tank.

The startling sight took place on Feb. 21 in Naples, where 11 Burmese pythons – including one more than 16 feet long – were found wound up together, in a mating ball, that was 7 feet wide ...

Wildlife experts in Southwest Florida recently snagged 500 pounds of Burmese pythons - including one more than 16 feet long, after finding a large mating ball of the snakes not far from the city ...

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — An Enterprise man has been accused of killing his pet python. According to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office, Patrick Grimaldi, 64, is charged with felony animal cruelty.

Wildlife biologist Ian Bartoszek examines the mating ball of pythons that was discovered in southwest Florida with the help of one male snake fitted with a tracking implant. Conservancy of ...