<p>Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar, helps National Park Rangers
as they prepare to put a 13-foot python in a bag in the Everglades,
Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. Salazar announced the ban on
importation and interstate transportation of four giant snakes that
threaten the Everglades. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)</p>
February 3, 2012
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February 3, 2012 5:03 a.m.
No giant snakes for you
BOISE - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finalized a rule banning the importation and interstate transport of four nonnative constrictor snakes. These snakes now are considered invasive species in the United States.