I was very pleased with the article's tone on the monitor being a pet, and how the animal control folks thought it was a pretty personable lizard.

Also, we've all seen tons of ball python escape stories. It happens once in a while. Blackthroats are REALLY strong and REALLY destructive, so I could see one prying it's way out of what seemed to be a adequote cage. I hope the owner claims him and re-enforces the caging.