PICS: Python found on KZN South Coast escapes death by community members
Out of fear or not, that just isn't right...
As much as we are not ones to show our love or affection for snakes, of any kind, we are not of the belief that killing any animal for being in the wrong place is justified.
We understand that many people see snakes and immediately feel fear, we completely resonate, but shooting an animal that is just following its natural instincts is inhumane.
A Southern African python was recently found on Palm Beach, South Coast - and things got a bit out of hand...
The snake was found on the border of a property and dogs of one of the neighbours went hysterical after seeing it.
Sarel van der Merwe, a prominent KZN snake catcher, was called out to the property. It was alleged that one of the neighbours had threatened to shoot the snake.
Van der Merwe had to jump the fence to get to the snake, which had just eaten its lunch.
Got there and I had to jump over there fence to get to the Phython. She was just lying there, as you can see that she had a huge meal for lunch... I think she had a Duiker for lunch...
Van der Merwe called one of his farmer friends to ask if he could release the python on his farm, to which he agreed.
Luckily, the python did not regurgitate its lunch, which is usually what happens when a snake is captured after it has eaten.
"These Snake's are protected in Southern Africa as Vulnerable in the latest South African Red Data Book, and may not be captured or killed. In South Africa it is the only one of its kind; a very large and bulky snake that cannot be easily confused with other snakes." (Facebook)
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