such a small article for such a long story there is more missing than is included. I actually have met Jean-Claude the snake owner and visited the shop/zoo (used in loose of terms...) it was a mess 7 years ago. It is the oddest case ever, the facts as we understand at this point are super sketchy. The snake left an enclosure (originally designed to house crocodilians) through a ceiling vent that had no cover (negligence IMO) the snake made its way upstairs and came through a ceiling vent to where the boys were sleeping on the living room floor. I guess it dropped down to the floor level (without waking anyone...?) and killed one boy then went on to kill the second. (still not waking anyone up??)
African Rock pythons need a zoo permit in NB they have for years. The stupid part is DNR gave reptile ocean a zoo permit, and actually the snake in question was seized and released to Reptile Ocean for 'safe' keeping. They then allowed the zoo permit to lapse and the yearly inspections stopped because they no longer possessed a permit. DNR also never removed the snake or other illegal animals they had records of.
There case is in the courts now and heads are going to roll, DNR heads and the snake owner is cooked (IMO) there is no way he can defend a snake escaping through a 8 inch vent shaft that had no grill or cover of any kind.
It makes me furious, those kids should never have died! The media sh1t show has caused no end of panic in the area (where I live) a few months ago a owner of a baby ball python told the super of his apartment building that his baby snake escaped and the resulting memo advised the other tenants to keep their children and pets supervised because the missing python could kill them. DNR is reviewing all snake ownership, and every snake is being called into question. It is such a mess. I saw the poor conditions the animals at reptile Ocean were housed under and the poor attitude of the staff that worked there.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/owner-o...ing-1.1423259#
http://globalnews.ca/news/769386/mis...cean-employee/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-br...flaw-1.1384533
fall out...
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-s...bies-1.2651165
I can't help making the link released pets, python scare, dnr taking expensive permits, apartments that allowed snakes now changing their minds and threatening evictions. Could there be a relation? gee...
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-s...oman-1.1300417
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