The problem with this story is that the source is an employee/friend of his. There are several holes here. If the government gave him the animals, why did they not, also, give him the permits needed to keep them? If there was no place to take the animals seized back then, why are they having no trouble finding a place now that they were seized from him? Lastly, from the pictures I've seen, his shop looks pretty small. How did he ever have room to properly house all these large animals? I don't like the fact that snakes are taking an undeserved beating in all this, but if this guy was breaking the law, he deserves what he gets.