Toddler strangled to death by pet Python

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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090702/...2-41f21e0.html

A family has been left distraught after their huge pet Burmese python escaped from its cage and strangled their two-year-old to death.

Shaiunna Hare was already dead when paramedics arrived at the Florida home which kept the snake as a pet.

Charles Jason Darnell, the snake's owner and the boyfriend of Shaiunna's mother, discovered the 8 feet long (2.4 metres) snake missing from its tank and rushed to the girl's room.

He found "the snake on the child" and bite marks on her head. Darnell, 32, stabbed the snake until he was able to pry the child away.

Darnell did not have a permit for the snake. He has not been charged, but authorities said investigators are looking into whether there was child neglect or if any other laws were broken.

Burmese pythons are not native to Florida, but they easily survive in the wild and a population has taken hold in the Everglades. One even burst after trying to eat an alligator.

Some owners have freed pythons into the wild and scientists also believe a number of Burmese pythons escaped in 1992 from pet shops battered by Hurricane Andrew and have been reproducing since.

The Humane Society of the United States said including Wednesday's death, at least 12 people had been killed in the US by pet pythons since 1980, including five children.


This reminds me of the case of the woman that owned a Chimpanzee that was given anti depressents and proceeded to tear her limb from limb in front of her horrified sister. There are some pets that people should not be allowed to own. I had a sedated python placed around my neck and shoulders many years ago when my folks took me to Disney Land as a kid and even sedated, the pressure this snake imposed is frightening.

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I've held lots of snakes and love em', and yes, they are powerful.
This was very unfortunate. The snake owner was completely irresponsible.
It kinda angers me that a kid had to die because of the stupidity of the owner.

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I've held lots of snakes and love em', and yes, they are powerful.
This was very unfortunate. The snake owner was completely irresponsible.
It kinda angers me that a kid had to die because of the stupidity of the owner.

Yeah I agree, I mean its really, really tragic and sad that a toddler died but it's almost hard to feel bad for the owner. He had no licence for the animal and what did he think it would do if it ever got out and near his child? So irresponsible.

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very sad , but would a permit have changed anything?