Exotic Animal Incident Report

Reported: Jul 18, 2012
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia

Animal: Python
Animal Disposition: unknown

Facility Type: Exotic Pet
Facility Name: unknown

Category: Abandoned animal, Escape of animal, Injury to animal, Injury to animal by human
Species: Reptile

Summary: A large snake, possibly a Burmese python, is thought to have been set free by an owner, has been seen constricting an oppossum at a restaurant parking lot. One of the kitchen staff stabbed it with a knife and it slithered into the underbush and had not been seen since.

Source: The Daily Progress