Resident hands over 63kg python to forest protection officers in Ho Chi Minh City
Thursday, February 16, 2023, 13:46 GMT+7
A resident in Ho Chi Minh City handed over a 63-kilogram python to forest protection officers on Wednesday.
The municipal Forest Protection Department confirmed on Wednesday that it had received a female python from Dang Dinh Quoc, 55, a resident of Hoc Mon District.
Quoc said he bought the python in 2000 when it was as big as his little finger.
After 23 years, the python now weighs 63 kilograms and measures 4.5 meters long.
The owner said he is concerned that the python may break out of its cage and cause harm to other people.
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| Forest protection officers carry the anesthetized python out of Dang Dinh Quoc's house in Hoc Mon District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Ngoc Khai / Tuoi Tre |
“It is too big now,” Quoc said.
“My wife and I don’t want to sell it to a slaughterhouse and hope that it can be released to the nature.”
After anesthetizing the python, forest protection officers transported the snake to a wildlife rescue station in Cu Chi District for further care.
The animal is classified as a Burmese python (Python bivittatus), belonging to group IIB in the list of rare and endangered forest animals.
This is the largest python that the Ho Chi Minh City Forest Protection Department has received from local residents in the past 10 years.
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