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Man fined for unsupervised snake
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| May 26, 2010
Posted on 05/26/2010 11:56:47 AM PDT by JoeProBono
MASON CITY, Iowa, - An Iowa court fined a man $65 for allowing his pet snake, a bull python, to wander the halls of the Holiday Inn.
Michael Salo, 25, was fined Tuesday in a Mason City magistrate court under the city's animal control ordinance for letting the 5-year-old snake slither around the hallways of the hotel without supervision while Salo was staying at the hotel May 1, The (Mason City) Globe Gazette reported Wednesday.
Hotel manager Brandy Smith Branstad said employees discovered the snake at about 7 a.m. May 1 and the reptile is not believed to have come into contact with other patrons.
"The man was a guest at the hotel. The snake was not," Branstad said Tuesday.
She said Salo apologized after the incident.
"We like to think of ourselves as pet friendly," she said, "but when we say that, we really mean cats and dogs."
TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: jojoknows; multinames; napl; snake
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To: JoeProBono
I met a guy with an unsupervised snake once..... ;)
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posted on
05/26/2010 11:57:56 AM PDT
by
BossLady
(No More Corona in Arizona!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: JoeProBono

“Hey, baby, wanna watch my snake for a while?”
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posted on
05/26/2010 11:59:55 AM PDT
by
RichInOC
(An erect Bill Clinton has no conscience.)
To: BossLady
To: JoeProBono
To quote John McEnroe, “You have got to be kidding me!!!”
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posted on
05/26/2010 12:01:56 PM PDT
by
JimSEA
To: JoeProBono
I told you I didn't wanna see no mutha*&(@in' snakes anywhere near the continental breakfast area!!
To: RichInOC
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posted on
05/26/2010 12:05:07 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: library user
Well.....this is a family oriented site....HAHAHA! ;)
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posted on
05/26/2010 12:10:43 PM PDT
by
BossLady
(No More Corona in Arizona!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: JoeProBono
Ball Python, not Bull. Sheesh.
In any event, so what?
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posted on
05/26/2010 12:16:00 PM PDT
by
RoadGumby
(For God so loved the world)
To: JoeProBono
If I owned a snake, I would not let it roam free. I’d be afraid of someone harming the snake. I have a feeling that if I had seen it in a public area, I might have done some damage.....
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posted on
05/26/2010 12:19:21 PM PDT
by
CSM
(Keeper of the "Dave Ramsey Fan" ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
To: RoadGumby
Good eyes!
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posted on
05/26/2010 12:20:27 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono; Slings and Arrows
Violated the leash law, did he?
To: a fool in paradise; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
Nothing can get a man into trouble faster than an unsupervised snake.
To: JoeProBono
Oh I wish someone had clubbed that thing to death.
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posted on
05/26/2010 12:30:23 PM PDT
by
JRochelle
(My predictions on 2/3/2010: It will be Thune/Rubio in '12.)
To: JoeProBono
To: JoeProBono
To: JoeProBono
Five years old?
That’s like, 25 or 30 in “snake years”, so the animal is an adult and shouldn’t REQUIRE suprevision, should it?
;-)
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posted on
05/26/2010 12:43:49 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
05/26/2010 12:46:48 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JRochelle
Five iron? Sand wedge? Maybe one of those titanium drivers?
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posted on
05/26/2010 12:48:31 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: Slings and Arrows
Mark Sanford, please pick up the white courtesy phone.
}:-)4
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posted on
05/26/2010 12:56:23 PM PDT
by
Moose4
(November 2, 2010--the day that "YES WE CAN" becomes "OH NO YOU DIN'T")
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