Idaho Man in Trouble for Hoarding Rattlesnakes in His Apartment

A southern Idaho man who authorities say had 25 Western rattlesnakes in his apartment at the Sunset Motel in Malta has been issued two misdemeanor citations by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.

Thirty-eight-year-old Terry Brian Teeter received the citations in May that list possession, transport or shipment of wildlife. Officials say Teeter had as many as 32 snakes but he gave some away and cooked and ate two others.

Teeter says he was unaware a license is needed to hunt rattlesnakes in Idaho, and that there is a limit of four rattlers a year. Teeter tells The Times-News that authorities confiscated the rattlesnakes and released them, but the next day he and a friend found the snakes and killed them...." More

72 Snakes Found In Apartment

A team from the city's Criminal Nuisance Abatement Unit has red-tagged the apartment where officials have found 72 live snakes, at last count.

Animal welfare officials said they spent Monday afternoon at the Las Kivas Apartments on Tramway Boulevard, where they seized several reptiles and numerous snakes -- most of them boa constrictors.

Tuesday, the Criminal Nuisance Abatement Unit continued its inspection of the property.

Pictures taken by the unit of inside the apartment show crowded conditions, with holes in the floors and walls.

Criminal Nuisance Abatement Unit members said the odor was significant as they entered the property.

"It was piled high, full of trash, feces," said unit member Vivian Gonzales..." More & video

Snakes taken from Reeds Spring raid euthanized

By: CORY DE VERA

Numerous infected snakes were euthanized Thursday at a property in Stone County and other animals were seized, according to Jeff McRoy, statewide investigator with the Humane Society of Missouri.

Three adults were arrested and a 3-year-old girl was taken into protective custody after a poisonous cobra, a suspected wolf hybrid and several non-poisonous constrictor snakes were found in the home, said Stone County Sheriff Richard Hill.

At least one alligator and two monkeys were taken from the property because conditions were not conducive to their good health. Several other animals, such as exotic fish that were living in tanks and some cats, will be allowed to stay.

McRoy said the owner of the animals was a collector. "It's similar to a hoarder-type mentality," said McRoy. "His passion was poisonous snakes."

The raided property is 45 Friday Drive off Talking Rock Road in Reeds Spring. Officials also found about a pound of marijuana and other drug paraphernalia in a basket near the home.

In a building, there were about 20 containers of dead snakes and 25 to 30 containers of live snakes. The snakes were dying because of a virus, said McRoy..." More

Paramedics Repelled by 400+ Animals

That was the comment of one neighbor after the Marion County, Florida, paramedics transported Ileana Verguizas to the hospital after wending off 432 animals and their accompanying stench that filled her 2,500-sq. ft. home and yards. The call came into the emergency dispatch center from a man who said that his wife had an unknown medical problem. When the ambulance arrived, the medics found that they couldn’t stay inside the house long enough to treat the woman at first because of the high level of ammonia fumes..." More & video

Officials remove 400 animals from Citra home & video