Canadian animal welfare officers have rescued 40 distressed pythons (not pictured) from a motel room where they were being improperly held in plastic storage bins. (GETTY IMAGES) The latest headlines ...

A snake owner dumped his three royal pythons in a bin outside a school – after he ‘snapped’ when he saw the electricity bill to heat their tanks, a court heard. Samuel Newton, 35, stuffed the 5ft-long ...

AN exotic pet owner dumped three royal pythons in a bin outside a school, a court heard. Samuel Newton, 35, is said to have snapped after the cost of heating the snakes’ tanks increased. Please ...

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One seaside town resident had the shock of his life after finding two huge pythons abandoned in a bin. Police in North Yorkshire have launched an investigation after two large royal pythons were found ...

A man has been banned from owning reptiles for seven years after he pleaded guilty to abandoning three Royal Python snakes in a public litter bin in Scarborough. Did you know with a Digital ...

He stuffed the 5ft, non-venomous reptiles in carrier bags and drove to St Augustine’s secondary in Scarborough, North Yorks. He then abandoned them in a cast iron litter bin because it was a public ...