Boa Constrictor found in Point Pleasant Park

[GrapefruiTgirl]

Yup :) a 2 meter long Boa was found in the local public park here in Halifax.
For those interested, the story will be on Live-at-5 on CTV or prolly you can find it on ctv.ca


Cool :) though poor lonely snakie -- wish I'd found him :) and really, what idiot loses/leaves/abandones their snaky outdoors this time of year :( or ANY time of year for that matter.. Pooey!

[adamanteus]

It makes you wonder!

[Lulu Bennett]

people dont realise what they are getting themselves into and the pet stores dont care. one of my brothers friends (aged 15) has got a rainbow boa (i think thats what it is) and he has asked me if i can find a home for it so i am taing it and the viv and finding a home for the snake but keeping the viv for my tetras when they grow up :D

[GrapefruiTgirl]

I agree -- much more education on the nature and size of these snakes, PLUS more diligence on the part of the pet stores, to check that they are making a wise decision to sell such a creature.
Not much different, on one level, than selling a firearm or something. I mean, people must know the consequences of buying, selling, and owning something like this.
They are very docile, generally amicable (Boas) which is great, but when a kid ends up owning a 2 or 3 meter snake that can eat housepets (and kids too ;) ) that isn't practical.

[Lulu Bennett]

i agree! i wasnt impressed when i heard he had got a boa but it wasn't long after he found i had my garters so maybe i put the idea in his head.
but i defo think that the pet stores should take more responsibility when selling things like that, especially when they can reach 14ft.

[Sid]

People can indeed be the strangest animals....:confused:

[flakgunner]

hey,
just read in our newspaper,a guy,duck hunting in Wisconsin,came across a four ft. Alligator,he's now looking for a taxidermist to mount it.At first glance he thought he had seen a snapping turtle.

Joe

[Sputnik]

Poor alligator! Shame it didn't snap off his....! :mad:

[RZL36]

You should check out the info on the exotic snake problem in the everglades:

When pythons attack | Salon News (http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/08/18/pythons/index_np.html)

Pythons putting squeeze on Everglades (http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2007/apr/27/pythons_putting_squeeze_everglades/)

[GrapefruiTgirl]

hey,
just read in our newspaper,a guy,duck hunting in Wisconsin,came across a four ft. Alligator,he's now looking for a taxidermist to mount it.At first glance he thought he had seen a snapping turtle.

Joe

I admit, I am ignorant about what native species inhabit Wisconsin, but I really didn't think there were aLLiGaToRs :O LOL, are there?? Is that normal? Yikes :P

:) Sasha

[flakgunner]

hey,
Nothing was mentioned on how the Alligator had gotten their,more than likely,it's owner could no longer care for it or was moving and just dumped it!!even at 4 ft. ,some extra space would be needed,and if I'am not mistaken,Alligator's and Croc's are illegal to own,with out proper papers,so dumping it ,would be the easiest,sad,but this happens alot!!

Joe

[Jake Dubz]

That really is ******... it's like- (from what I've PERSONNALLY seen) kids and other teens that act like them see them... think their "cool" and take them home to try and impresse people with them n ****, their really not respecting the animal as they should.... them when the thing is old news, they just get rid of it in the easiest way FOR THEM it pisses me off, bc i'd love to have a boa... SOMEDAY- You just kinda hope someday one will slither back home... (evil laugh)

[GrapefruiTgirl]

:) I too would LOVE to have a beautiful Boa, but prolly no time soon. My budget definitely doesn't have the room for it, and neither does our home in its current state. The one found in the park will apparently be 'looking for adoptive home' if there is no owner located, and it saddens me to think of what might happen to him/her if the owner isn't located OR someone else attracted to the novelty of it manages to adopt it.

Ahhh well maybe one day :) when I can afford to care for one properly.

[GrapefruiTgirl]

Incidentally, I think it's worth mentioning that as we speak, my city/province is discussing a bylaw prohibiting the ownership of ANY snakes or snake-like creatures that exceed 6 feet in length, or something along those lines.
Personally I think it's a waste of time and resources, and there are MANY people around here with just such animals, who may be expected to give up their existing pets under this regulation. They are considering a 'grandfather' clause, but still that just adds MORE beaurocracy to the whole thing.
With the exception of something like a 25-foot-long 2-tonne Anaconda, I don't really think 3, 6, 9, or 12 or whatever feet long should really have a bearing on the situation.
(** And NO-ONE in their right mind wants a 2 tonne anaconda anyways :P)

[Stefan-A]

"And now bills were passed, not only for national objects but for individual cases, and laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt." - Gaius Cornelius Tacitus

[Charlet_2007]

hey,
Alligator's and Croc's are illegal to own,with out proper papers,so

Joe\


Here in Missouri is not illegal to own a alligator or crock.. actually were getting our 2nd alligator here this week and in nov getting a camin.. You just have to have the papers to say it was farm raised not WC.. not 10 mins from here in Arkansas it illegal to have them what so ever..