As of: March 22, 2024, 8:00 p.m
By: Sandra Barbara Furtner
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In order to hide the illegal keeping of his poisonous snakes, a collector uses particularly ruthless methods.
Keeping reptiles as pets is not unusual.
According to the Pet Supplies Industry Association, more than 1.3 million terrariums were purchased in Germany in 2022.
Boa constrictors, tiger and ball pythons, bearded dragons, chameleons and turtles are particularly popular.
The animals are often not kept in a species-appropriate manner - some grow immensely over time and the terrariums become much too small.
A girl who likes a python more than dogs and cats shows how big a python can get.
A particularly bad case occurred in the Allgäu.
The police received a report that a man was neglecting his snakes.
The experts at the Munich reptile sanctuary should check this.
There they narrowly escaped a life-threatening situation.
The man illegally owned poisonous snakes and apparently tried to hide it.
Munich experts were deceived - there were no security precautions
The terrariums were labeled misleadingly.
Highly poisonous snakes were hiding in the supposedly harmless facilities.
There were no security precautions.
The owner apparently cared very little about this.
Dr.
Markus Baur, head of the reception center, says: “The owner recklessly endangered the health of my colleagues and accepted that someone would get hurt.
All this just to cover up his illegal position.”
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There are precise guidelines for keeping poisonous snakes.
However, these vary by state.
A uniform, legal regulation can provide a remedy.
However, “citizen-friendly rules” should also be made.
The Allgäu resident does not seem to have been an expert - his snakes were confiscated and live in the Munich reptile sanctuary.
A woman from Australia also experienced a dangerous surprise - there was a poisonous snake hiding in the public toilet.
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In the comments, the opinions of Facebook users are as follows:
“Bans don’t do anything.
Mandatory certificates of expertise, liability insurance and all of this before you start keeping poisonous animals.”
“What a completely irresponsible man – both towards people and towards the animals that are apparently not only not allowed, but also poorly cared for.”
“Thank God no one was hurt here and it’s good that the authorities are working with you.”