Why did the Taxpayers have to pay for this homeowner’s lament?
The homeowners should have called a plumber and paid the bill.
Or Animal Control....or ‘Animal Welfare’......what used to be called ‘Dog Catcher’............
A pest control company would be a better choice than a plumber, but the homeowner, probably a taxpayer, may have panicked and called 911 for help, especially if there were children in the home.
My father killed plenty of snakes with a shovel in our yard, but when he found a cottonmouth in his tool cabinet which kept moving from drawer to drawer via the back, he ended up calling for help since he couldn’t shoot it or whack it safely. A deputy arrived and dealt with it somehow. Happily, I was at work and missed out on all the “fun”.
“To protect and to Serve”