Exotic Incident #2732
Incident Date:
09/19/2016
Location:
Chicago, IL - USA
Facility Name:
Facility Type:
Exotic Pet (E)
Incident Category:
Abandoned animal (AA)
Species:
Reptiles
Animal:
Ball python
Animal disposition:
Removed/Re-housed
Summary:
A woman found a 3-foot python coiled around her shower curtain rail. Chicago Animal Care and Control officers removed the snake and brought it to the Chicago Herpetological Society. It was the fourth snake recently found in that apartment. A recent, former building tenant moved out after they were found to be breeding snakes, and more than a dozen dead snakes had been removed from his apartment.
Action take by Born Free USA:
Notes:
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2016/09/21/Ball-python-removed-from-Chicago-womans-shower-was-fourth-snake-in-recent-weeks/9681474463161/