Yet another python story...

[dsirkle]

Apparently none of you have ever owned a cat before. Very few people keep their cat's indoors all the time. And I tell you, it's hard to do. Trying to keep 2siamese inside is a hard task. There are also no laws for keepign cat's inside or leashed. Try leashing a cat. Can't be done.

If I undertand the article correctly, the snake was just allowed to roam the backyard? If that was the case, then it's the nsake owners fault for not properly housing the snake.

There are plenty of communities that have laws requiring a cat to be leashed or restrained in some manner if outside. I don't know what the laws in this community are. I doubt if the snake owner was in violation of any law if the snake was on his property, at least if this occurred within a fenced yard. As someone pointed out if this was a dog rather than a snake it wouldn't even be news. Cats and dogs that are allowed to roam free off of your property often meet an early demise. If you let your cat roam free you have to be ready to accept that It could be shot, hit by a car,poisoned, killed by an animal or any number of things. If you can't handle that you should keep it inside.