KZN residents carrying 5m python alongside N2

[Hemi300c]

http://www.news24.com/Live/SouthAfr...ents-carrying-5m-python-alongside-n2-20160419

Durban - Motorists on the N2 on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast stared in awe as a group of men casually walked along the highway, carrying a 5m-long African Rock python on Sunday.

The men, walking with a group of tethered hunting dogs, had gathered quite a following of people, who stopped to take pictures of the dead snake.

Isn't this a protected species?

Nothing is safe in Africa.

 

[karnuffel]

http://www.news24.com/Live/SouthAfr...ents-carrying-5m-python-alongside-n2-20160419

Isn't this a protected species?

Nothing is safe in Africa.

from the article in the link

A KwaZulu-Natal Ezemvelo Wildlife official, who could not be named, confirmed that the African rock python was a specially protected species of snake which was illegal to hunt or keep without a permit.

 

[konfab]

 

[RichardG]

Maybe the snake killed livestock

 

[skeptic_SA]

Unrelated:

On Sunday British born TV survival star Bear Grylls thanked the people of KZN South Coast for what her described as a "top class nosh"...

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