Animal control officers have removed dozens of sickly
snakes from an apartment in Baltimore, Maryland.
Sharon Miller, Baltimore's director of animal services,
says officers rescued 56 snakes from the apartment on Tuesday. She says the
reptiles were dehydrated and were infested with mites, and three had to be put
down.
Miller says the snakes, which included ball pythons,
reticulated pythons and boa constrictors, were removed after officers found
them in squalid conditions.
The snakes were taken to an animal shelter.
Miller says an investigation is under way and citations or
charges could result. A permit is required to own any kind of snake in
Baltimore.
