Exotic Incident #2037
Incident Date:
11/20/2013
Location:
Dyer County, TN - USA
Facility Name:
Facility Type:
Exotic Pet (E)
Incident Category:
Animal Death (AD)
Species:
Reptiles
Animal:
Snakes - Ball Python, Red-tail Boa
Animal disposition:
Dead
Summary:
A woman reported to authorities that someone had killed nearly $5,000 worth of her pet snakes. The incident occurred inside of a heated out-building behind her residence. When she went to check on the snakes, she discovered five of them had been killed – a Guyana red-tailed boa, a Mohave ball python, a cinnamon ball python, a yellow-belly ball python and a regular ball python.
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