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Wanted: Homes for 21 big snakes
wxvt ^ | March 23, 2010

Posted on 03/23/2010 10:59:16 AM PDT by JoeProBono

OAKDALE, La. (AP) - A reptile rescue group is looking for permanent homes for 21 big pythons confiscated from a snake farm near Oakdale.

Joe Lewis, president of the Louisiana Association of Reptile Keepers, says many are 16 to 19 feet long.

He says they seem healthy -

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TOPICS: Hobbies; Humor; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: jpb; python; snake
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1 posted on 03/23/2010 10:59:16 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono

Hmmmm...I do need a new pair of boots....


2 posted on 03/23/2010 11:00:18 AM PDT by nevergore ("It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.")
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To: JoeProBono

I love snakes... please send them to me. Here’s my address:

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC


3 posted on 03/23/2010 11:00:52 AM PDT by Reagan69 (WHEN THEY COME FOR YOUR GUN, GIVE THEM THE AMMO FIRST.!)
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To: JoeProBono

Ship them to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. I hear big snakes reside there.


4 posted on 03/23/2010 11:01:28 AM PDT by OB1kNOb ( I WILL NOT COMPLY !)
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To: nevergore

...or two or three


5 posted on 03/23/2010 11:02:14 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: JoeProBono

There must be a tree trimming wood chipper somewhere that would be available . . .

after anesthesia &

failing other remedies . . . , of course.

Sigh. What DO people do with the brains they were born with? Use them for hockey pucks?


6 posted on 03/23/2010 11:02:27 AM PDT by Quix (BLOKES who got us where we R: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: Reagan69
"Thanks a lot, Reagan69."


7 posted on 03/23/2010 11:05:35 AM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Reagan69

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC

Note to shipper: Inside delivery to family quarters required


8 posted on 03/23/2010 11:05:45 AM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32 (Why protest fur and not leather? Ever try to hassle a motorcycle gang?)
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To: nevergore

I read that title and “Congress critters” flashed into my mind. Only 21?


9 posted on 03/23/2010 11:06:55 AM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: JoeProBono

A good sharp knife will make them unhealthy and ready for the garbage!


10 posted on 03/23/2010 11:08:34 AM PDT by dalereed
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To: dalereed

For the snakes or the residents at 1600 PA Avenue???


11 posted on 03/23/2010 11:11:07 AM PDT by Joy in the Journey (For God is not a God of disorder but of peace. I Corinthians 14:33)
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To: JoeProBono

I wonder if my dog would eat one of those......


12 posted on 03/23/2010 11:12:51 AM PDT by Gator113 (I do not want Obama just IMPEACHED... I want him IMPRISONED. Are we there yet? 2010-2012)
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To: Joy in the Journey

“For the snakes or the residents at 1600 PA Avenue???”

Both!


13 posted on 03/23/2010 11:13:53 AM PDT by dalereed
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To: Gator113

“I wonder if my dog would eat one of those......”

Probably the opposite.


14 posted on 03/23/2010 11:20:19 AM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: JoeProBono

I hear they taste like chicken.


15 posted on 03/23/2010 11:21:18 AM PDT by BigFinn
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To: JoeProBono

Our 9 foot Red Tail Boa died a few years ago, and we have cats now.

Otherwise I would consider.


16 posted on 03/23/2010 11:21:29 AM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: JoeProBono

A fine leather goods manufacturer could probably make good use of them. Those things need to be eradicated in the USA.


17 posted on 03/23/2010 11:28:05 AM PDT by Will88
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To: Retired Greyhound
Our 9 foot Red Tail Boa died a few years ago

I found one in my garden you can have


18 posted on 03/23/2010 11:35:02 AM PDT by BJClinton (0bama is not the anti-christ. Satan wouldn't be such a screw up.)
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To: Will88
Its very American to think that bigger is better but I prefer corn snakes. Just a $1.50 mouse every two weeks and they are happy. Mary Ann (cornsnake) with pal
19 posted on 03/23/2010 11:35:38 AM PDT by Monterrosa-24 (...even more American than a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
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To: Will88

I agree. I find these things repulsive.


20 posted on 03/23/2010 11:36:36 AM PDT by attiladhun2 (The Free World has a new leader--his name is Benjamin Netanyahu)
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