40 pythons found in Motel room

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But in this case the cops decided to enforce it just for the heck of it??

Not quite.

In this case, the motel in question does have a no-pets policy.

The family had recently been evicted, possibly because of the snakes (still speculation). They were also not well taken care of, according to the article. So in other words, just some :cens0r: making things yet harder for Canadian hobbyists and really all of us by proxy.

And with the recent snake sensationalism, the media is going to snap up any story having to do with reptiles, because ratings.