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Big snakes latest dangerous pet craze

By The Longview Daily News and KATU.com Published: Sep 6, 2011 at 11:39 AM PDT



LONGVIEW, Wash. - A new pet trend put a child at risk, Longview animal control officials said in a story published by the Daily News.



On Monday, animal control officers took two large Boa Constrictor snakes out of a home where a 5-year-old child lived.



Officers said the snake's owner did not have an exotic pet license and the child was at risk.



According to animal control officials, they are seeing a rise in the reports of snakes being kept as pets by young men who they say would have kept pit bull terriers in the past.



Mike Nicholson, an animal control officer with the Cowlitz County Humane Society, said it was the fourth time this year that he has taken exotic reptiles away from their owners, according to the newspaper.



Nicholson said the reptiles are available for purchase online

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• "We're going to take them," Snake Hate - Ravenspirit, Wed Sep 7 17:34:16 2011
• Big snakes latest dangerous pet craze! - Ravenspirit, Wed Sep 7 17:38:24 2011
• "We're not giving them back" - EricWI, Wed Sep 7 20:14:04 2011
• Pure insanity... - Ravenspirit, Wed Sep 7 20:31:06 2011
• RE: Pure insanity... - gizzy20001, Wed Sep 7 20:51:41 2011
• RE: Pure insanity... - Ravenspirit, Wed Sep 7 21:18:33 2011
• RE: Pure insanity... - EricWI, Thu Sep 8 17:39:19 2011
• RE: Pure insanity... - gizzy20001, Thu Sep 8 19:24:15 2011
• RE: Pure insanity... - TimCole, Thu Sep 8 19:36:50 2011
• RE: Pure insanity... - Chris_McMartin, Fri Sep 9 22:04:12 2011
• RE: Pure insanity... - Calparsoni, Fri Sep 9 12:42:43 2011
• RE: Pure insanity... - Aaron, Wed Sep 14 03:50:31 2011
• RE: Pure insanity... - mpollard, Fri Sep 9 09:23:24 2011
• RE: Pure insanity... - Calparsoni, Fri Sep 9 12:55:57 2011
• Robert Winningham - norajohn, Sun Sep 11 21:36:37 2011
• RE: Robert Winningham - gizzy20001, Sun Sep 11 21:55:42 2011
• RE: Robert Winningham - Calparsoni, Fri Sep 16 03:56:26 2011
• RE: Pure insanity... - natsamjosh, Thu Sep 8 14:48:32 2011
• RE: "We're not giving them back" - emysbreeder, Fri Sep 9 22:54:55 2011
• RE: "We're going to take them," Snake Hate - natsamjosh, Thu Sep 8 14:34:24 2011
• RE: "We're going to take them," Snake - biophile, Tue Sep 13 19:18:00 2011
• RE: "We're going to take them," Snake - biophile, Tue Sep 13 19:23:28 2011
• RE: "We're going to take them," Snake - biophile, Tue Sep 13 20:05:53 2011
• RE: "We're going to take them," Snake - gizzy20001, Wed Sep 14 18:08:50 2011
• RE: "We're going to take them," Snake Hate - Aaron, Wed Sep 14 02:13:30 2011
• Confiscated Snakes Returned - EricWI, Mon Oct 17 19:33:12 2011
• RE: Confiscated Snakes Returned - gizzy20001, Mon Oct 17 21:12:14 2011