News: 2 die in rock python attack

[treeboa]

Some more sheer idiocy:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...es-hungry.html

The best rated comments, heck the comments in general on this article (and the article itself) really bother me. Why people can't employ common sense and realise that not all snakes are big enough/of the temperament to be any real threat to people, and that NO snakes are evil monsters out to prey on people any chance they get is beyond me.

Hopefully some of you might post on this article like I did so there are at least some comments that aren't of the 'BAN ALL SNAKES IMMEDIATELY - SAVE OUR CHILDREN!!!!' variety.

One of the things they are ignoring with this call for a ban is that the guy in this case had these snakes illegally despite a ban on constrictors over 3 meters (about 10ft). I've tried too, there's no reasoning with these people and they won't change their mind even if it does come out the snake wasn't responsible.

[sissysnakes]

It's true they haven't made the report public. They may not even have it ready. They maybe waiting for toxicology reports, etc. Do you have a link to the leak about bite marks? All the reports I've seen only talk about the cause of death as asphyxiatiion.

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[Stewart_Reptiles]

Now investigated as possible murder http://www.fox.com.au/fox-news-feed/...investigation/

Interestingly enough as the investigation changes course the media does not report as much on the story.

[Eric Alan]

Now investigated a possible murder http://www.fox.com.au/fox-news-feed/...investigation/

Interestingly enough as the investigation changes course the media does not report as much on the story.

What a shocking twist of events!

[Willie76]

Actually, the Canadian version of the USFWS actually brought the AFR to this gentleman back in 2002 (I believe) as well as a couple American Alligators around 2000 as he was the only one in the province able to care for the animals with a valid Zoo permit. So he didn't have them illegally...as a matter of fact, the Canadian Government KNEW he was caring for them.

But like everyone else has stated, we need to remain calm until we find all the facts...we can't speculate. Unfortunately the restraint we show isn't shown by the media. Now it's confirmed there were NO bite marks and it's being investigated as a homicide. HMMMM.

[decensored]

There is a lot of public ignorance in Canada right now surrounding a few events in the media - two of which are relative to my personal and professional life. It's frustrating to watch the media take the tiny little brains out of general public's skulls, and wash them with their half ass arguments supported by nothing but fear, bias, ignorance, and malice. You see with cases like this, all the media does is feed on the emotions of people and blatantly ignore facts. They like to support their stances with fuzzy feelings and idealistic, largely unrealistic or at the very least unfair, solutions. It's been a frustrating month to say the least.

[decensored]

Mind you I will say that a few media outlets have reached out to relatively significant individuals (or the other way around) within the reptile community and offered to put our voice out there. Dave from Snake Pit Exotics did a very good interview in London last friday. However, it's a shame that we get a chance to speak long after the damage has been inflicted.

[Darwin]

Now investigated as possible murder http://www.fox.com.au/fox-news-feed/...investigation/

Interestingly enough as the investigation changes course the media does not report as much on the story.

I'm in Atlantic Canada and I haven't come across any credible news sources saying this is now being treated as a homicide. Thus far, I have chose not to comment at all on this story out of respect for all involved in the tragedy and it being close to home but I'm not convinced that this Australian radio station report is a credible news source and that's a huge accusation to put on a grieving family.

In other newsworthy "news" a meter long ball python was found in a garage Apparently the words "seized" and "found" can be used interchangeably. Despite the very poorly written article, the video at least states that BP's are harmless to humans and significantly smaller than the one involved in the N.B. incident...not that it will mean anything to the "snakes are monsters" part of the population.

http://globalnews.ca/news/771936/bal...rth-york-home/

[Kat_Dog]

Now investigated as possible murder http://www.fox.com.au/fox-news-feed/...investigation/

Interestingly enough as the investigation changes course the media does not report as much on the story.

I wonder if that's real or something that news station just came up with... I can only seem to find it on the 2 versions of that same news station...

Still it's strange that there hasn't been any updates about this case in the last few days....

[Kodieh]

I wonder if that's real or something that news station just came up with... I can only seem to find it on the 2 versions of that same news station...

Still it's strange that there hasn't been any updates about this case in the last few days....

This coincides with the desert eggs thread, if it was true that a desert laid eggs or a python killed two kids they'd be screaming to high heaven.

What we know then is that the snake didn't do it and they've allowed the evidence of the real killer to be cleaned up because they released the scene.

They didn't scream because they trusted the person who did it. Do we have another Casey Anthony? Helped kill her kids so that she and the shop owner could have an unburdened life?

Who knows. We sure won't know what really happened. But two kids are dead, and destroying a hobby isn't the way towards justice.

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