Canada police find pythons in Ontario motel room bins
17 Aug BBC
Canadian animal welfare officers have rescued 40 distressed pythons
from plastic storage bins in a motel room. The snakes, ranging from 30cm
(one foot) to 137cm (four-and-a-half feet) long, belonged to guests, a
manager at the motel in Brantford, Ontario, said. The couple, who had
checked into a room from one night, were out when police seized the
animals on Thursday evening. Pythons are not legal for home ownership in
Brantford, according to the city's animal control by-laws.
Local police in Brantford, a city about 100 km (60 miles) southwest
of Toronto, said the reptiles were in distress but they were expected to
recover, Reuters news agency reports.
The snakes have been taken to an animal shelter, run by the Brant
County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). The SPCA
said the animals would be examined by a veterinarian, the Toronto Star
newspaper reports. Welfare officers will continue to investigate the
case.
Last week, two young boys in the eastern Canadian province of New
Brunswick died after a 3.96-metre (13 foot), 45kg (100lb) African rock
python apparently attacked them in their sleep.
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