Burmese pythons are one of the largest species of snakes in the world, and were released into Florida, and by extension the Everglades, by the exotic pet trade, and owners abandoning them. They have taken the Everglades over, because of how similar the environment is to their natural habitat, except the small tiny detail that they have no predators, essentially making them into an unneeded apex predator. They’re behind a sharp decline in mammals.
Only one step is being taken right now (more research is required), which is the Florida Python Challenge. It’s a challenge to see who could kill the most pythons in 10 days, using strategies ranging from stabbing them in the head with a flat-head screwdriver (surprisingly effective), to using robotic replica bunnies to lure them in, which has to be one of the stupidest (but funniest) ideas I’ve heard in my life. There’s also the whole killing pythons outside of the python challenge thing, but that’s boring.
I personally believe that some kind of toxin or bioengineered virus that only kills Burmese pythons and nothing else may be a solution, as long as it has proven in countless tests and trials that it affects Burmese pythons and absolutely nothing else, and that it doesn’t spread through regular animals over to Asia, where the Burmese pythons are native, moving the problem to most likely poorer countries.