Bradenton man staged python capture:

www2.tbo.com/content/2009/aug/13/131454/fish-wildlife-trapper-faked-capture-14-foot-python/news-breaking/



"It turns out that the trapper, Justin Matthews, had purchased the Burmese python from a wholesale dealer in Tampa a month before he trapped it near a Sweetbay supermarket in Bradenton, authorities said."



"I did it for wildlife education,"





I would love to educate Justin Matthews. What a genius!!!





"A few months ago, Matthews' python actually was loose in south Hillsborough County. Vernon Yates, owner of Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation in Seminole, captured it then. He recognized the snake on television when Matthews displayed it for the cameras.



"We found it running at large in south Hillsborough County a few months ago," Yates said. "We knew where it came from and the owner didn't want it."





"Matthews is keeping the snake, which he named Sweetie, and will use it as an educational exhibit."





Florida officials are gonna let Matthews keep the snake? And they wonder why they have the problems they do...... Go figure!



I'd better go clean some cages now to work off some frustration.



I think the article ends great, especially for a newspaper article. I tip my hat to the author and say, "Thank you!"



Ya'll keep 'em straight out there!

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