Las Vegas police find 30 boa constrictors in Southern Highlands home

Las Vegas constabulary accidental they came crossed astir 30 boa constrictors successful a location successful the Southern Highlands assemblage Tuesday arsenic portion of a instrumentality enforcement inquiry.

Las Vegas constabulary spokesperson Larry Hadfield said investigators encountered the serpents portion conducting a follow-up to a constabulary Gangs Vice Bureau probe astatine astir 6:30 a.m. astatine a location adjacent Shinnecock Hills Avenue and Southern Highlands Parkway. Police rapidly called Clark County Animal Control to the scene, but investigators determined the snakes were legally owned and decently cared for, truthful they near them with their owner.

“Animal Control responded and determined the possession of the animals was not criminal,” Hadfield said successful an e-mail.

Clark County spokesperson Dan Kulin confirmed determination is thing successful section laws that prevents idiosyncratic from having dozens of boa constrictors successful a residence.

“However, for applicable purposes determination would beryllium a bounds connected the fig of animals that idiosyncratic could adequately attraction for,” Kulin said successful an e-mail. “For immoderate legally owned carnal the proprietor indispensable supply cleanable h2o and food, a cleanable country oregon cage, the animal(s) indispensable beryllium kept successful an due area, and if confined to a cage the carnal indispensable beryllium confined successful a harmless manner. Failure to supply a harmless and cleanable surviving abstraction could pb to carnal cruelty charges.”

In this case, Kulin said the boas were “in due cages” truthful carnal power took nary enactment regarding the snakes.

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