Aargau police find owner of abandoned snake
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The police in Aargau have solved the case of a king python abandoned near Rheinfelden. A 54-year-old man from the region has admitted to leaving the snake in a wooded area.
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Aargauer Polizei findet Halter von ausgesetzter Schlange
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According to the man himself, he deliberately abandoned the reptile to die, the Aargau cantonal police wrote in a statement on Saturday. He cited financial problems and the loss of his home as the motive for the offence. The accused now faces charges of animal cruelty before the Rheinfelden-Laufenburg Public Prosecutor’s Office.
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A passer-by found the dead king python on a barbecue site on April 2 and alerted the police. The animal had apparently frozen to death. The king python is a non-poisonous constrictor snake. It is not found in Europe and is dependent on warm temperatures. The snake is native to the tropics of West and Central Africa.
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