Brian I have know about this bite for a few days and there is alot that does not add up to the news story which is no suprise at all.
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Schreiner said officers and a Detroit Zoo staffer Sunday went to the man's home and retrieved the caged Bushmaster, which was taken to the zoo. The other 52 snakes and four spiders found in the home were left in their cages because the zoo official did not have the means or equipment to transport them.
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Now tell me this, if the the township has ordinaces against keeping poisonous errr { venomous} reptiles and called the zoo why was just the Bushmaster removed and not the rest of the collection. There is no way you can tell me for one secound a Zoo would send out a person or team not capable of removing a potential large collection of illegal snakes when that is why they were called. Though a bushmaster would be a great new attraction to thier collection and exhibits.
It always annoys me that the press reports the town does not allow venomous and forgets to add the state does allow it. Sooner or later someone will fight a local town ordinace with state law I would love to see the outcome of that as its State officers who normally are the agency that has to enforce wildlife laws. Who knows err need coffee
