Exotic Incident #1683
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Jacksonville, FL - USA
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Incident Date:
30/01/2012
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Summary:
Two Jacksonville men, father and son, were arrested on multiple charges of captive wildlife law violations involving venomous snakes and conditional reptile species according to FL Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The reptiles included 2 Gaboon vipers, a diamondback rattlesnake, a mangrove snake, an African rock python, Burmese python, and a green anaconda. The two men had been cited in the past for violations related to captive alligators and crocodiles. The snakes were confiscated.