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    NC man loses $49k collection of poison snakes

    HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man is losing his exotic reptile collection worth $49,000 after police found dozens of venomous lizards and snakes in his home.

    Fifty-one-year-old Walter Kidd of Hendersonville pleaded guilty Friday to 30 misdemeanor charges of possessing endangered animals and failing to properly label containers of poisonous snakes.

    Police seized the reptiles in August after Kidd was bitten by an exotic venomous snake and rushed to a hospital. Officers said his mobile home was packed with snakes in plastic containers.

    Kidd's attorney says the reptiles were not a danger because they were kept inside his home.

    The creatures were taken to the state natural sciences museum in Raleigh.

     
    • Bobi  •  Minneapolis, Minnesota  •  3 mths ago
      Razor backs destroying farmland in Texas, pythons eliminating mammals in Florida; and now we find a guy with highly venomous snakes in his mobile home. How many people have these kinds of dangerous or destructive animals?
      All we need is for a few things like cobras to get loose in our wilds. Cobras don't try to run away, they attack when they feel threatened and not always with a warning. North Carolina is a perfect habitat for many exotic animals like the cobra. Enough importation of exotic animals of any kind because these animals seldom have natrual enemies in their new environments. If you want to have an exotic animal, go live where they live.
      • marshhawk 3 mths ago
        An innocent snake- bite victim will have no chance to survive. Most local hospitals do not have anit-vemon on hand for treament.
      • Dave 3 mths ago
        Yeah, I can relate. This one time at band camp, a kid got bit in half by a shark. They had no anti-shark-bite on hand for treatment, so the kid died.
      • Cornelius Pigg 2 mths ago
        hey, that's just how nature rolls, and we sensitive human beings (with our superior intelligence) are not going to be the ones to survive.
    • Barry  •  Austin, Texas  •  2 mths ago
      You can't fix 'stupid'.
      • D.M. 2 mths ago
        Yes you can but right now the parts are on back order due to the high demand in D.C.
    • steve  •  Seattle, Washington  •  2 mths ago
      Crazy never takes a day off.
    • Another Amalekite  •  3 mths ago
      Every person I've ever met who kept an exotic pet, poisonous or not, seemed to also have some kind of personality quirk. It's hard to describe. It's like they're overcompensating for something. I dunno.
      • Tom 3 mths ago
        I’ve only met one person who had a boa but he fits your description perfectly.
      • michael 2 mths ago
        So what is your guys personality quirk? I know and you know you are not angels so what personaltiy quirk should we be talking about in regards to you?
      • john wayne 2 mths ago
        Michael you got us. Most folks personality quirk would be having a dog or cat. Can you imagine that?
    • Sara  •  3 mths ago
      Stupid human trick #1... living in a trailer with a whole bunch of poisonous snakes.
    • HANS  •  Clovis, California  •  3 mths ago
      You play with poisonous snakes, and you will be bitten. He already did and kept screwing around with them. I think he was hypnotized by the animals and couldn't leave them alone.
      • marshhawk 3 mths ago
        And have no anti-vermin when bitten.
      • David E 2 mths ago
        Umm, I think the snake itself is an anti-vermin. Eats rats and all.
      • MICHAELC 2 mths ago
        Must be a sex thing.
    • Buster Deekatt  •  Chesaning, Michigan  •  3 mths ago
      ",,,failing to properly label containers of poisonous snakes",,,,Who woulda thought??
      • dead-on 2 mths ago
        Why label them, HE knew they were poisonous!
      • Beau 2 mths ago
        He labeled them wrong so no one would realize he had illegal snakes. Having the snakes is a crime and so is trying to cover it up by not labeling them properly.
    • Michael  •  2 mths ago
      Yes I live in a trailer, but I have 49,000 bucks worth of animals in there.
    • Richard  •  3 mths ago
      Indy: Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?
      Sullah: Asps. Very dangerous. You go first.
    • Richard  •  3 mths ago
      Now that is really redneck to live in a mobile home and have 49,000 dollars worth of exotic snakes. There are some strange people in this world.
    • Old Rusty Tulsa  •  Tulsa, Oklahoma  •  3 mths ago
      Ok, idiot., Do Not keep the snakes in the house. Now you been told., next time die.
    • JohnD  •  2 mths ago
      I'm tired of the mother #$%$ snakes in this mother#$%$ trailer!
    • Shawn  •  Willow Street, Pennsylvania  •  2 mths ago
      not a danger because they were inside the home????? SERIOUSLY??? That is one crackpot lawyer!
    • Just me too!  •  Wilmington, North Carolina  •  2 mths ago
      At least he didn't have a Quran in his house, that would have created a riot
    • four  •  2 mths ago
      We had a dumba/s/s like him here in maryland a few years back.He had dozens of poisonous snakes in his house as well.One night said dumba/s/s went out to the local bar,got hammered,went home and tried to play with his snakes.He was found a few days later,dead of a venomous snake bite.serves him right,idiot.
    • Pittsburgh Pat  •  Ellwood City, Pennsylvania  •  2 mths ago
      "Poison snakes"? Retard.
    • Duke  •  San Diego, California  •  3 mths ago
      That ol snake in the grass
    • Melissa Mason  •  Tampa, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      what the hell? some ppl make me shake my head & wonder what goes on in their brain (evidently not a very big brain, i might add)
    • BEANS  •  3 mths ago
      I bet that mobile home smelled real good, ugh!!!
    • Moyra  •  Tellico Plains, Tennessee  •  3 mths ago
      People should not have poisonous animals in their home like that. A neighbor of mine had a Boa Constrictor and was found dead in his home with the snake wrapped around him. Not a good pet to have.
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