Was a pet snake left to die?

Henry was upset that the snake had died

Henry and Henry Bugden Jnr with the huge, dead snake.

Local snake catcher Henry Bugden was saddened to come across a huge and very dead 2,5 metre red tail boa constrictor.

The snake was discovered last week by a motor cross biker near MacPhail Drive in Craigieburn who alerted Henry.

“These snakes are not indigenous to South Africa but are popular pets. I believe someone kept the snake as a pet and it died and was left out in the veld, “ said Henry.

He said the snakes, which are common in tropical in central and south America.

Full story in today’s Courier (July 30)

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