Python kills two boys in their sleep at New Brunswick sleepover - The Globe and Mail
Two young boys in northern New Brunswick are dead after a python snake is believed to have escaped from an exotic animal store, slithered through ventilation ducts into an upstairs apartment and strangled them while they were sleeping, according to Campbellton, New Brunswick RCMP.
It is believed that the boys, five and seven-years-old, were brothers. The RCMP will not confirm this. An RCMP spokeswoman said, however, that the two did not live in the upstairs apartment but were on a sleepover.
A 1996 report on zoos in the Maritimes for Zoocheck Canada Inc. and World Society for the Protection of Animals written by Dr. John Gripper, a veterinarian, gave a good review of Reptile Ocean. Dr. Gripper reported that the reptiles appeared to be in good health and the water in their tanks was clean. The collection of reptiles had only been opened a few months before his inspection.
He wrote that the owner, Jean-Claude Savoie “is a young, enthusiastic amateur collector who has only recently embarked on this commercial venture.” “In my opinion, it is only likely to be financially viable if he can obtain a national reputation as a successful and knowledgeable breeder of reptiles,” wrote Dr. Gripper.
However, there was an online petition calling for Reptile Ocean to be shut down. The person who started the petition complained about the humidity in the store and the condition of some animals.
Hey, maybe they used to have seven kids......;-)
Bad remark. Really sucks.