Big money in it. Can be dangerous work though. I beleive snakes can be dead or alive when brought in.
People hunt Alligators in Florida; in fact the season is coming up later in the Summer I believe.
The last I heard you had to enter a lottery and it’s pretty highly controlled on the number of tags you get and the area you can actually hunt in.
My wife and I own riverfront property in Central Floria, you see the hunters out there on the river 2-3am in relatively small boats with flashlights, inevitably someone always lands a trophy, 12-13ft or larger and nearly 1000lbs.