Exotic Incident #2098
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Loxahatchee, FL - USA
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Incident Date:
26/06/2014
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Summary:
A licensed snake handler was bitten by a cobra while attempting to clean the cage at McCarthy’s Wildlife Sanctuary. She was taken to a hospital and is expected to recover.
* Follow up – the woman returned to the hospital with an infected hand days after being released.