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Re: Justice for Wilbur

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Amazing that the police were able to find them when they were only there for one night! I wonder who tipped them off.
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from the BBC...
Python bites woman on way to takeaway in Dyfatty, Swansea

A woman was bitten by a 10ft (3m)-long python while on her way to get a takeaway curry in Swansea.
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from Reuters...
Ohio man with over 100 snakes pleads not guilty to selling exotic animals

An Ohio man whose home was stacked "floor to ceiling" with more than 100 snakes, including some venomous vipers, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a charge of illegally selling dangerous animals, a court administrator said.
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from the BBC...
Australia: Snake eats crocodile after battle

A snake has won a lengthy battle with a crocodile in northern Queensland, wrestling it, constricting it and then finally eating it.
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from the Telegraph...
Meerkats, birds of prey and snakes among 30 animals inside stolen van

Two snakes are still missing after owner Paul Beech left his van in a Dudley church car park when it was stolen with the exotic creatures on Tuesday
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from the Telegraph...
Two 8ft snakes found in children's playground

Police say the snakes were probably unwanted pets released into the wild
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Another heatwave, another constrictor on the loose:
Ten-foot long python 'Zombie' on the loose in Kent

A ten-foot long python nicknamed ‘Zombie’ due to her heavy breathing has escaped and is loose in Kent
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It was surely just a matter of time... nearly nine years after Wilbur....

Snake owner Daniel Brandon killed by his pet python

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-42801983

What will it take...?

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Recent postscript to the sad Daniel Brandon story...

'I saved snake that killed my son'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_aud ... ed-her-son

What will it take? Your child might be next...

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