Escaped Pet Pyton Srangled Florida Child

[Tokyo Rose]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...kfs5gD995QM3G0

OXFORD, Fla. (AP) — A 12-foot pet Burmese python broke out of an aquarium and strangled a 2-year-old girl in her bedroom Wednesday in a central Florida home, authorities said.


Why would such ignorant people who don't know how to handle a Python keep one in their home? This is a terrible tragedy.

[RootBeer]

Very sad indeed.

[wondering?]

How sad and preventable! Don't find any snake lovable and certainly not a Python.
And now it is on the loose somewhere, hope they stabbed it good!

[phylcore]

"I certainly hope in this case, the humans who "owned" this snake are charged with some crime, i.e. neglegent homicide."by CJ.
I so agree with you.Such a shame and so sad............

[hiitsme]

[quote=Court Jester;13246560]Very sad and very complex issue.

Aren't there laws about "privately owning" animals et al that are dangerous to a community? The danger is that, if the animal were to get out of confinement, this animal could cause great physical harm to the community. This issue concerns rights of the individual vs good/protection of the community as a whole. I believe that the good/protection of the community wins out in court.

No one has the "right" to own a lion/tiger etc. 1) Confinement is cruel to the animal. 2) Should that animal escape confinement, the very nature of the animal is to survive and it will do whatever is natural to survive. It is no fault of the animal. It is squarely the fault of the human who decided they wanted "pet". This also concerns any life form which is not meant to be "domesticated".
You echo my feelings on this one!
This really sickens and saddens me. It almost affects me worse than one human killing another. As a lover of all kinds of animals and creatures, I find it reprehensible that these potentially dangerous "pets" are not totally confined at all times. Having said that, I believe that the unnatural means of captivity is bound to result in tragedy like this. I absolutely agree that the owners should be held criminally responsible

[Intermeist]

I totally agree with CJ on this also. You can't put the blame on the animal which was only doing what comes naturally. The blame rests solely on the owner of the so-called pet and he should face criminal charges.

[cantstandnuts]

Any idea if it's the parents who owned the snake? It seems as though, by reading the link, that the snake was in the same home as the child.