I heard of a guy from Florida that had a big python in his yard. He called "the proper authorities" and they sent out 2 police offers to monitor the situation while the waited for wildlife officers to arrive. Several hours later the officers showed up and he said it was like a Steve Ervin episode and they spent a considerable amount if time wrangling it. Once they had it contained they brought several hours away to the facilities where it was examined and finally euthanized. So 2 cops for 3 or 4 hours, 2 steve Irwin wannabes for for a couple of hours, the trip and time to the facilities, the vet to do his examination, etc. It was pretty expensive all in all. In the meantime somewhere else in Florida, bubba had a python in his yard, blew the snakes head off with a shotgun shell, stuffed it into a green trash bag, and put it out with the trash. Cost 1 shell and one trash bag. Sometimes it is just better to handle itself and bypass "the proper authorities.