Exotic Incident #1175
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Middlesboro, KY - USA
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Incident Date:
10/07/2008
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Summary:
The pastor of a Middlesboro church was among 10 people arrested by wildlife officers in a crackdown on venomous snakes. The officers confiscated more than 100 snakes, many of them deadly, and an alligator, in an undercover sting. The animals were placed with the Kentucky Reptile Zoo in Slade.