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In 2012, the [[killing of Trayvon Martin]], a young black man, by [[George Zimmerman]] in [[Sanford, Florida|Sanford]] drew national attention to Florida's [[stand-your-ground law]]s, and sparked African American activism, including the [[Black Lives Matter]] movement.<ref>{{cite web |author=Nicole Chavez |title=George Zimmerman lawsuit reminds us of how significant the Trayvon Martin case was for a divided country |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/05/us/trayvon-martin-shooting-race-in-america/index.html |website=CNN Digital |access-date=February 11, 2021 |date=December 5, 2019 |archive-date=December 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205212730/https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/05/us/trayvon-martin-shooting-race-in-america/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2012, the [[killing of Trayvon Martin]], a young black man, by [[George Zimmerman]] in [[Sanford, Florida|Sanford]] drew national attention to Florida's [[stand-your-ground law]]s, and sparked African American activism, including the [[Black Lives Matter]] movement.<ref>{{cite web |author=Nicole Chavez |title=George Zimmerman lawsuit reminds us of how significant the Trayvon Martin case was for a divided country |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/05/us/trayvon-martin-shooting-race-in-america/index.html |website=CNN Digital |access-date=February 11, 2021 |date=December 5, 2019 |archive-date=December 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205212730/https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/05/us/trayvon-martin-shooting-race-in-america/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>


After [[Hurricane Maria]] devastated [[Puerto Rico]] in September 2017, a large population of Puerto Ricans began moving to Florida to escape the widespread destruction. Hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans arrived in Florida after Maria dissipated, with nearly half of them arriving in Orlando and large populations also moving to Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/17/us/puerto-ricans-orlando.html|title=A Great Migration From Puerto Rico Is Set to Transform Orlando|date=November 17, 2017|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=May 14, 2018|archive-date=December 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212145235/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/17/us/puerto-ricans-orlando.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
After [[Hurricane Maria]] devastated [[Puerto Rico]] in September 2017, a large population of Puerto Ricans began moving to Florida to escape the widespread destruction. Hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans arrived in Florida after Maria dissipated, with nearly half of them arriving in Orlando and large populations also moving to Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/17/us/puerto-ricans-orlando.html|title=A Great Migration From Puerto Rico Is Set to Transform Orlando|date=November 17, 2017|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=May 14, 2018|archive-date=December 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212145235/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/17/us/puerto-ricans-orlando.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


[[File:Pulse fence memorials.jpg|thumb|Memorials to the victims of the [[Orlando nightclub shooting]] left on the fence of the Pulse nightclub in [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]] in 2016]]
[[File:Pulse fence memorials.jpg|thumb|Memorials to the victims of the [[Orlando nightclub shooting]] left on the fence of the Pulse nightclub in [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]] in 2016]]
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The [[Florida panther]] is close to extinction. A record 23 were killed in 2009, mainly by automobile collisions, leaving about 100 individuals in the wild. The [[Center for Biological Diversity]] and others have therefore called for a special [[protected area]] for the panther to be established.<ref name="Record number of panthers killed by vehicles in 2009"/> [[West Indian manatee|Manatees]] are also dying at a rate higher than their reproduction.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article217064995.html|title=More manatees have died in Florida so far this year than in all of 2017. Here's why|website=Miamiherald.com|access-date=May 9, 2022|archive-date=August 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818015949/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article217064995.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[American flamingos]] are rare to see in Florida due to being hunted in the 1900s, where it was to a point considered completely extirpated. Now the flamingos are reproducing toward making a comeback to [[South Florida]] since it is adamantly considered native to the state and also are now being protected.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/03/06/590378419/floridas-long-lost-wild-flamingos-were-hiding-in-plain-sight|title=Florida's Long-Lost Wild Flamingos Were Hiding in Plain Sight|website=Npr.org|access-date=May 9, 2022|archive-date=April 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409042832/https://www.npr.org/2018/03/06/590378419/floridas-long-lost-wild-flamingos-were-hiding-in-plain-sight|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article213645084.html|title=Now that we agree these flamingos are Florida natives, it's time to protect them, experts say|website=Miamiherald.com|access-date=May 9, 2022|archive-date=August 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827235207/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article213645084.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
The [[Florida panther]] is close to extinction. A record 23 were killed in 2009, mainly by automobile collisions, leaving about 100 individuals in the wild. The [[Center for Biological Diversity]] and others have therefore called for a special [[protected area]] for the panther to be established.<ref name="Record number of panthers killed by vehicles in 2009"/> [[West Indian manatee|Manatees]] are also dying at a rate higher than their reproduction.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article217064995.html|title=More manatees have died in Florida so far this year than in all of 2017. Here's why|website=Miamiherald.com|access-date=May 9, 2022|archive-date=August 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818015949/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article217064995.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[American flamingos]] are rare to see in Florida due to being hunted in the 1900s, where it was to a point considered completely extirpated. Now the flamingos are reproducing toward making a comeback to [[South Florida]] since it is adamantly considered native to the state and also are now being protected.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/03/06/590378419/floridas-long-lost-wild-flamingos-were-hiding-in-plain-sight|title=Florida's Long-Lost Wild Flamingos Were Hiding in Plain Sight|website=Npr.org|access-date=May 9, 2022|archive-date=April 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409042832/https://www.npr.org/2018/03/06/590378419/floridas-long-lost-wild-flamingos-were-hiding-in-plain-sight|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article213645084.html|title=Now that we agree these flamingos are Florida natives, it's time to protect them, experts say|website=Miamiherald.com|access-date=May 9, 2022|archive-date=August 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827235207/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article213645084.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


Much of Florida has an elevation of less than {{convert|12|ft}}, including many populated areas. Therefore, it is susceptible to [[Current sea level rise|rising sea levels]] associated with [[global warming]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Goodbye, Miami|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/why-the-city-of-miami-is-doomed-to-drown-20130620|access-date=June 21, 2013|newspaper=Rolling Stone|date=June 20, 2013|author=Jeff Goodell|archive-date=May 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510050815/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/why-the-city-of-miami-is-doomed-to-drown-20130620|url-status=live}}</ref> The Atlantic beaches that are vital to the state's economy are being washed out to sea due to rising sea levels caused by climate change. The Miami beach area, close to the continental shelf, is running out of accessible offshore sand reserves.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/us/where-sand-is-gold-the-coffers-are-running-dry-in-florida.html|title=Where Sand Is Gold, the Reserves Are Running Dry|date=August 25, 2013|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=February 16, 2017|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112023518/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/us/where-sand-is-gold-the-coffers-are-running-dry-in-florida.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Elevated temperatures can damage coral reefs, causing [[coral bleaching]]. The first recorded bleaching incident on the Florida Reef was in 1973. Incidents of bleaching have become more frequent in recent decades, in correlation with a rise in [[sea surface temperature]]s. [[White band disease]] has also adversely affected corals on the Florida Reef.<ref>Precht and Miller:243–44, 245, 247–48, 249{{break}}[http://serc.fiu.edu/wqmnetwork/boyerj/pubs/NOAA%20Coral%20Florida%20Keys2008.pdf The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the Florida Keys] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100811125654/http://serc.fiu.edu/wqmnetwork/boyerj/pubs/NOAA%20Coral%20Florida%20Keys2008.pdf|date=August 11, 2010}} Accessed December 17, 2010</ref>
Much of Florida has an elevation of less than {{convert|12|ft}}, including many populated areas. Therefore, it is susceptible to [[Current sea level rise|rising sea levels]] associated with [[global warming]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Goodbye, Miami|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/why-the-city-of-miami-is-doomed-to-drown-20130620|access-date=June 21, 2013|newspaper=Rolling Stone|date=June 20, 2013|author=Jeff Goodell|archive-date=May 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510050815/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/why-the-city-of-miami-is-doomed-to-drown-20130620|url-status=live}}</ref> The Atlantic beaches that are vital to the state's economy are being washed out to sea due to rising sea levels caused by climate change. The Miami beach area, close to the continental shelf, is running out of accessible offshore sand reserves.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/us/where-sand-is-gold-the-coffers-are-running-dry-in-florida.html|title=Where Sand Is Gold, the Reserves Are Running Dry|date=August 25, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=February 16, 2017|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112023518/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/us/where-sand-is-gold-the-coffers-are-running-dry-in-florida.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Elevated temperatures can damage coral reefs, causing [[coral bleaching]]. The first recorded bleaching incident on the Florida Reef was in 1973. Incidents of bleaching have become more frequent in recent decades, in correlation with a rise in [[sea surface temperature]]s. [[White band disease]] has also adversely affected corals on the Florida Reef.<ref>Precht and Miller:243–44, 245, 247–48, 249{{break}}[http://serc.fiu.edu/wqmnetwork/boyerj/pubs/NOAA%20Coral%20Florida%20Keys2008.pdf The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the Florida Keys] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100811125654/http://serc.fiu.edu/wqmnetwork/boyerj/pubs/NOAA%20Coral%20Florida%20Keys2008.pdf|date=August 11, 2010}} Accessed December 17, 2010</ref>


===Geology===
===Geology===
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Reapportionment following the 2010 United States census gave the state two more seats in the House of Representatives.<ref name="www.tampabay.com">Leary, Alex: [http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/article1141209.ece "Florida gains two U.S. House seats in Census"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224164152/http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/article1141209.ece |date=December 24, 2010 }}, ''St. Petersburg Times'', December 21, 2010</ref> The legislature's redistricting, announced in 2012, was quickly challenged in court, on the grounds that it had unfairly benefited Republican interests. In 2015, the Florida Supreme Court ruled on appeal that the congressional districts had to be redrawn because of the legislature's violation of the Fair District Amendments to the state constitution passed in 2010; it accepted a new map in early December 2015.
Reapportionment following the 2010 United States census gave the state two more seats in the House of Representatives.<ref name="www.tampabay.com">Leary, Alex: [http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/article1141209.ece "Florida gains two U.S. House seats in Census"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224164152/http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/article1141209.ece |date=December 24, 2010 }}, ''St. Petersburg Times'', December 21, 2010</ref> The legislature's redistricting, announced in 2012, was quickly challenged in court, on the grounds that it had unfairly benefited Republican interests. In 2015, the Florida Supreme Court ruled on appeal that the congressional districts had to be redrawn because of the legislature's violation of the Fair District Amendments to the state constitution passed in 2010; it accepted a new map in early December 2015.


The political make-up of congressional and legislative districts has enabled Republicans to control the governorship and most statewide elective offices, and 17 of the state's 27 seats in the 2012 [[United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 2012|House of Representatives]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Pear|first=Robert|title=Elections 2012, State Results|url=http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/results/states/florida|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=April 15, 2013|archive-date=February 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220151058/https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2012/results/states/florida.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Florida has been listed as a [[swing state]] in presidential elections since 1952, voting for the losing candidate only twice in that period of time.<!--Nixon in 1960 and Bush in 1992. Since the state had voted reliably Democrat into the mid-20th century, it has been mostly aligned with the winning vote since 1932.--><ref name="Florida1"/>
The political make-up of congressional and legislative districts has enabled Republicans to control the governorship and most statewide elective offices, and 17 of the state's 27 seats in the 2012 [[United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 2012|House of Representatives]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Pear|first=Robert|title=Elections 2012, State Results|url=http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/results/states/florida|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=April 15, 2013|archive-date=February 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220151058/https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2012/results/states/florida.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Florida has been listed as a [[swing state]] in presidential elections since 1952, voting for the losing candidate only twice in that period of time.<!--Nixon in 1960 and Bush in 1992. Since the state had voted reliably Democrat into the mid-20th century, it has been mostly aligned with the winning vote since 1932.--><ref name="Florida1"/>
[[File:United States presidential election in Florida, 2016.svg|thumb|[[Treemap]] of the popular vote by county in the [[2016 United States presidential election]]]]
[[File:United States presidential election in Florida, 2016.svg|thumb|[[Treemap]] of the popular vote by county in the [[2016 United States presidential election]]]]


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According to [[The Sentencing Project]], the effect of Florida's felony disenfranchisement law is such that in 2014, "[m]ore than one in ten Floridians—and nearly one in four African-American Floridians—are [were] shut out of the polls because of felony convictions", although they had completed sentences and parole/probation requirements.<ref>Brent Staples, "Florida Leads the Pack—in Felon Disenfranchisement", ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 7, 2014, accessed March 23, 2016</ref>
According to [[The Sentencing Project]], the effect of Florida's felony disenfranchisement law is such that in 2014, "[m]ore than one in ten Floridians—and nearly one in four African-American Floridians—are [were] shut out of the polls because of felony convictions", although they had completed sentences and parole/probation requirements.<ref>Brent Staples, "Florida Leads the Pack—in Felon Disenfranchisement", ''The New York Times'', November 7, 2014, accessed March 23, 2016</ref>


The state switched back to the GOP in the [[2016 United States presidential election in Florida|2016 presidential election]], and again in [[2020 United States presidential election in Florida|2020]], when [[Donald Trump]] headed the party's ticket both times. 2020 marked the first time Florida sided with the eventual loser of the presidential election since [[1992 United States presidential election in Florida|1992]].
The state switched back to the GOP in the [[2016 United States presidential election in Florida|2016 presidential election]], and again in [[2020 United States presidential election in Florida|2020]], when [[Donald Trump]] headed the party's ticket both times. 2020 marked the first time Florida sided with the eventual loser of the presidential election since [[1992 United States presidential election in Florida|1992]].
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In 2023, the state of Florida approved a public school curriculum including videos produced by conservative advocacy group [[PragerU]], likening climate change skeptics to those who fought Communism and Nazism, implying renewable energy harms the environment, and saying global warming occurs naturally.<ref name=Guardian_20230810/> DeSantis has called climate change "[[Left-wing politics|leftwing]] stuff".<ref name=Guardian_20230810>{{cite news |last1=Milman |first1=Oliver |title=Videos denying climate science approved by Florida as state curriculum |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/10/florida-ron-desantis-climate-vidoes-school-curriculum |newspaper=The Guardian |date=10 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811045427/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/10/florida-ron-desantis-climate-vidoes-school-curriculum |archive-date=11 August 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2023, the state of Florida approved a public school curriculum including videos produced by conservative advocacy group [[PragerU]], likening climate change skeptics to those who fought Communism and Nazism, implying renewable energy harms the environment, and saying global warming occurs naturally.<ref name=Guardian_20230810/> DeSantis has called climate change "[[Left-wing politics|leftwing]] stuff".<ref name=Guardian_20230810>{{cite news |last1=Milman |first1=Oliver |title=Videos denying climate science approved by Florida as state curriculum |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/10/florida-ron-desantis-climate-vidoes-school-curriculum |newspaper=The Guardian |date=10 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811045427/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/10/florida-ron-desantis-climate-vidoes-school-curriculum |archive-date=11 August 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref>


In August 2023, restrictions have been placed on the teaching of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespearean plays and literature]] by Florida teachers in order to comply with state law.<ref>{{cite news |last=Patterson |first=Jeff |title='Teachers are frightened': Hillsborough schools putting restrictions on Shakespeare to avoid sexual content |url=https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/teachers-are-frightened-hillsborough-schools-putting-restrictions-on-shakespeare-to-avoid-sexual-content |date=August 8, 2023 |work=[[WFLA-TV]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20230814010856/https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/teachers-are-frightened-hillsborough-schools-putting-restrictions-on-shakespeare-to-avoid-sexual-content/ |archive-date=August 14, 2023 |access-date=August 13, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lichtenberg |first=Drew |title=Make Shakespeare Dirty Again |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/opinion/shakespeare-canceled-schools.html |date=August 13, 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230813105514/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/opinion/shakespeare-canceled-schools.html |archivedate=August 13, 2023 |accessdate=August 13, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lichtenberg |first=Drew |title=Shakespeare's 'Sublimely, Disturbingly Smutty Effect' Must Endure |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/10/opinion/canceled-shakespeare-schools.html |date=September 10, 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230910112044/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/10/opinion/canceled-shakespeare-schools.html |archivedate=September 10, 2023 |accessdate=September 11, 2023}}</ref>
In August 2023, restrictions have been placed on the teaching of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespearean plays and literature]] by Florida teachers in order to comply with state law.<ref>{{cite news |last=Patterson |first=Jeff |title='Teachers are frightened': Hillsborough schools putting restrictions on Shakespeare to avoid sexual content |url=https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/teachers-are-frightened-hillsborough-schools-putting-restrictions-on-shakespeare-to-avoid-sexual-content |date=August 8, 2023 |work=[[WFLA-TV]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20230814010856/https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/teachers-are-frightened-hillsborough-schools-putting-restrictions-on-shakespeare-to-avoid-sexual-content/ |archive-date=August 14, 2023 |access-date=August 13, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lichtenberg |first=Drew |title=Make Shakespeare Dirty Again |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/opinion/shakespeare-canceled-schools.html |date=August 13, 2023 |work=The New York Times |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230813105514/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/opinion/shakespeare-canceled-schools.html |archivedate=August 13, 2023 |accessdate=August 13, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lichtenberg |first=Drew |title=Shakespeare's 'Sublimely, Disturbingly Smutty Effect' Must Endure |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/10/opinion/canceled-shakespeare-schools.html |date=September 10, 2023 |work=The New York Times |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230910112044/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/10/opinion/canceled-shakespeare-schools.html |archivedate=September 10, 2023 |accessdate=September 11, 2023}}</ref>


===Higher education===
===Higher education===
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<ref name="E. J. Gurney, 82, Senator Who Backed Nixon">{{Cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D01E4DD1E39F930A15756C0A960958260 |title=E. J. Gurney, 82, Senator Who Backed Nixon |last=Thomas |first=Robert McG Jr. |date=May 23, 1996 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=February 26, 2008 |archive-date=September 19, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919042856/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D01E4DD1E39F930A15756C0A960958260 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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<ref name="Energy Consumption by Source and Total Consumption per Capita, Ranked by State, 2004">{{cite web|url=http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/states/sep_sum/html/pdf/rank_use_per_cap.pdf |title=Energy Consumption by Source and Total Consumption per Capita, Ranked by State, 2004 |publisher=[[U.S. Department of Energy]] |access-date=January 27, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115102441/http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/states/sep_sum/html/pdf/rank_use_per_cap.pdf |archive-date=January 15, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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<ref name="State creates season for hunting pythons">{{Cite news |title=State creates season for hunting pythons |url=http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100222/BREAKINGNEWS/100222008/Officials-set-new-python-hunting-season |work=Florida Today |location=Melbourne, Florida |page=6B |date=February 23, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224102357/http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100222/BREAKINGNEWS/100222008/Officials-set-new-python-hunting-season |archive-date=February 24, 2010 }}</ref>-->
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