Exotic Incident #2396

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St. Francis, WI - USA

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27/04/2016

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Summary:

Animal control and police officers removed six snakes, two alligators, a monitor lizard, and a spider from a home after Jeremy Loveland was admitted to a hospital with a bite from a venomous snake. The animals were owned illegally.

Police said more than two dozen reptiles had previously been removed from Loveland’s home by authorities in 2011 (see http://www.bornfreeusa.org/database/exo_incident.php?id=1651) and 2012 (see http://www.bornfreeusa.org/database/exo_incident.php?id=2395).