Officers recover three-foot-long python
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This article was published 01/02/2019 (2523 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Animal control officers safely removed a three-foot-long python from an empty residence in Brandon on Thursday, resulting in a flurry of comments on social media and words of good will for the recovered snake.
Animal control officer Neil Jordan said he received a call from a landlord informing him that a tenant had moved out and left a snake and guinea pig behind.
The snake was found in a heated terrarium and Jordan said both animals had been well cared for, having been alone in the residence for less than 48 hours.
The snake was taken to the Brandon Police Service station, while the guinea pig was housed at the city pound.
Later in the afternoon, after news of the snake was shared on the police service’s Facebook and Twitter pages, Brandon Police Service Const. Myran Hamm said the owner called, claiming he had an agreement with the landlord to leave the snake at the residence until the end of Thursday. Hamm said the owner planned to pick up the snake on Friday.
“So we’ll wait 72 hours,” Jordan said. “If they come forward, there will be a fee involved … because we actually had to remove and look after the animal, and then from there, if they don’t come forward, we will adopt it.”
Jordan said he has dealt with snakes a couple of times previously. Depending on the severity of the situation, he said a case of animal neglect could warrant a charge under the Criminal Code.
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