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SUN-HERALD (Mississippi) 25 September 04 17-foot python on loose in Bay - 'Baby' escaped apartment (Ryan Lafontaine)
Bay St. Louis: A 17-foot fugitive is on the loose in Bay St. Louis, sending police and animal control officers combing through the 200 block of Union Street.
A man living in an apartment complex a block north of Bay Catholic Elementary called for help when he discovered his 110-pound Burmese python missing.
Baby, an 11-year-old python, has lived with Keith Berg for about five years. He said the snake is docile and easy to handle. The snake ate sometime last week and should not be hungry again for another three weeks, he said.
The female python, brown and gold with black streaks, eats four rabbits at its once-a-month dinner, but the rabbits are killed before they are fed to Baby, in hopes that she will remain non-aggressive.
"If I'm around, I would say she would be fine," Berg said. "But if I'm not there (when the snake is found), I just don't know." Berg said he noticed Baby was gone Thursday night when his girlfriend left the bathroom door open.
Assistant Police Chief Dave Stepro said he was unaware of any city ordinance in Bay St. Louis against owning rabbit-munching pythons or any other herpetologic species.
Police believe the giant serpent slithered through a floor-level access door in the apartment and may still be inside the complex.
If the python managed to make it out of the building it could be anywhere, officials said. Most of the homes on Union Street are raised about a foot off the ground and there is a large ditch at the north end of the street. Several apartment tenants and neighbors said they plan to stay with family or friends until Baby comes home.
17-foot python on loose in Bay - 'Baby' escaped apartment

I hope this guy takes responsibility for losing his snake and compensates people somehow. It's mistakes like this that push politicians to ban our pets. They are more dangerous than guns in that a gun still needs a person to fire it. This animal looking to eat can act on it's own. 17' is a biggie!
DZ

SUN-HERALD (Mississippi) 27 September 04 Python on the Loose at Apartment Complex
Bay St. Louis, Mississippi (AP): Baby come home. Keith Berg wants his 17-foot-long Burmese python back. Some tenants in his apartment complex and nearby neighbors are staying with friends or family until Baby comes home.
Berg said he called police for help when he discovered his 110-pound Burmese python missing on Thursday. The search continued Saturday.
Baby, an 11-year-old python, has lived with Keith Berg for about five years. He said the snake is docile and easy to handle. The snake ate sometime last week and should not be hungry again for another three weeks, he said.
The female python, brown and gold with black streaks, eats four rabbits at its once-a-month dinner, but the rabbits are killed before they are fed to Baby, in hopes that she will remain non-aggressive.
"If I'm around, I would say she would be fine," Berg said. "But if I'm not there (when the snake is found), I just don't know."
Berg said he noticed Baby was gone when his girlfriend left the bathroom door open.
Assistant Police Chief Dave Stepro said there was no city ordinance he knew of that barred owning rabbit-munching pythons or any other herpetologic species.
Police believe the giant serpent slithered through a floor-level access door in the apartment and may still be inside the complex. If the python managed to make it out of the building it could be anywhere, officials said.
Most of the homes on the street where Berg lives are raised about a foot off the ground and there is a large ditch at the north end of the street.
Python on the Loose at Apartment Complex