CITY OF THOMASTON ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER PHILLIP HARRELL TOLD 101 NEWS FRIDAY, THE BIG SNAKE PHOTOGRAPHED AT KINGSTON ROAD AND THURSTON AVE. EARLIER THIS WEEK IS A COMMON RAT SNAKE AND NOT A BURMESE PYTHON. WE CONTACTED THOMASTON POLICE CAPTAIN BRIAN HAMMOCK WHO HAD ANIMAL CONTROL ON THE ISSUE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A FRIEND OF WTGA CALLED US LATE THURSDAY AND SAID A BUDDY OF HIS HAD IDENTIFIED THE SNAKE AS A PYTHON. ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER HARRELL SAID AS THE WEATHER WARMS BE AWARE OF MORE SNAKES IN THE AREA.
FLORIDA HAS BEEN TROUBLED BY PYTHONS SHOWING UP IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, AND IT HAS HAPPENED IN GEORGIA , TOO. SEEMS COLLECTORS LIKE THE BIG SNAKES AROUND UNTIL THEY GET LARGER AND THEIR APPETITE GROWS, THEN THEY TURN THEM LOOSE. THANKS TO THOMASTON PD AND ANIMAL CONTROL FOR RESPONDING WITH MUCH HASTE TO THE ISSUE.
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