Terrible and Avoidable Tragedy

[Kayak Steve]

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-po...en-killed-man/

My heart goes out to this young man's family. Who sold or gave this teenager a cobra?

[Gerardo]

That's messed up. Hope they find that cobra soon. The longer it's out there the more people will freak out about how venomous snakes are running around all over the place.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-po...en-killed-man/

My heart goes out to this young man's family. Who sold or gave this teenager a cobra?

Well he worked at a pet shop, he was also of legal age.

Now did he have proper training, was he properly mentored to handle hots? Obviously not! Did the seller know that? Maybe, maybe not.

[Daniel.michelle]

Its sad that this sort of thing needs to make the national news etc... i feel bad for the family and the 18 year old. Im curious as to how the kid got bit in the first place, like how was the snake being transported.

[Reinz]

How do they know for sure that the snake is out of the car? Any witnesses?

[EL-Ziggy]

This is exactly why I believe proper training and licensing should be required for keeping hots. Any 18 year old kid with $200 should NOT be able to just go online and buy such a dangerous animal. This was a very senseless tragedy.

[DVirginiana]

I'm generally against regulations on what people can have as pets, but in cases of animals that can be fatal even when contained and handled properly (big cats, venomous snakes, ect.) I think the licensing should be stricter so that only qualified people who are devoted to doing things right can get their hands on them and if something goes wrong they would be the only ones endangered by it.

Just for clarification, I don't really consider big constrictors to be in that group. They're not going to do fatal damage in two seconds, and if they could overpower and kill someone there should really be another person around when that animal is being handled.

[EL-Ziggy]

I'm generally against regulations on what people can have as pets, but in cases of animals that can be fatal even when contained and handled properly (big cats, venomous snakes, ect.) I think the licensing should be stricter so that only qualified people who are devoted to doing things right can get their hands on them and if something goes wrong they would be the only ones endangered by it.

Just for clarification, I don't really consider big constrictors to be in that group. They're not going to do fatal damage in two seconds, and if they could overpower and kill someone there should really be another person around when that animal is being handled.

I agree. I used to include giants in the need for regulations category but I've amplified my position.

[Tsanford]

How do they know for sure that the snake is out of the car? Any witnesses?

The Snake probably went up under the dash when they were looking for it. I doubt this guy had his windows down while transporting his animals in 95+ degree weather.

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[bcr229]

The Snake probably went up under the dash when they were looking for it. I doubt this guy had his windows down while transporting his animals in 95+ degree weather.

Unless he had no A/C. But I agree the snake is likely still in the car somewhere. Personally I wouldn't want to go searching for it though.