Comments on: 17-foot python killed near Okeechobee hospital had lurked along area canal for years

By: sss from stuart

sss from stuart — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:45:00 +0000

put him in captivity.. he didnt harm anyone
what if someone did that to you.

By: Sydney

Sydney — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:17:14 +0000

This snake would eat your child. A foal would be nothing for a snake that large to take down. They deserve to live but are not native and need to be controlled. If people own dangerous exotic pets that they can not safely handle then there would be no problem. It isn’t the snakes fault it is people. We need to take responsibility for our mistakes and as a veterinary assistant I know the veterinarian did the right thing.

By: Justice

Justice — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:33:14 +0000

I AM A ANIMAL LOVER, TREE HUGGER ARE WHATEVER, BUT I DO AGREE THE ANIMAL SHOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED TO PROTECT THE OTHER ANIMALS.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:16:15 +0000

Keith Watkins,
Are you a Dimmer-crat?

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:23:50 +0000

It’s the navel gazers and tree huggers that get my dander up!! A snake this big has to be eliminated! Gosh Keith!! Do ya think ya can imagine what a snake like that is capable of doing to an 9 year old kid with a cane pole or don’t you read National Geographic?

By: Hammerhead

Hammerhead — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:43:22 +0000

Keith,
Hey buddy, you catch’em and hold’em while I put the lead to’em.
Unfortunately, these animals are the result of a bunch of nature loving idiots that thought they could just keep’em at home and be admired as a friend to animals. Not! These idiots are the real problem. The snakes are just victims of stupidity. We have to rid the area of them or loose what is natural in S.F. Strong laws that are strickly inforced should stop future importation of these animals.
Meanwhile, get’em out!

By: Walter Ward

Walter Ward — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:01:32 +0000

To Keith,

You would rather the NATURAL wildlife in the everglades disappear due to a foreign snake that was left to go wild and reproduce.

By: Joyce

Joyce — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:52:36 +0000

I cound not agree with Sandy more. The vets had an obligation to protect the animals that were placed in their care. The python was a threat. Common sense can lead one to the only the action they took. If any child would be in a position of danger by anything, the adult should protect that child by removing the threat or the child from the threat. The other birds and animals by nature that are native to our Everglades deserve the same degree of protection from threats that man has caused.

By: buzz

buzz — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:57:45 +0000

In the late 1980’s when the woods were being cleared where the Chevy dealer on Lake Worth Rd in Greenacres was going to be built, I was driving down the road around midnight, it wasn’t very well lit in those years, and at the last minute i saw a giant snake stretched across my lane travel. I ran right over it, i felt my tires go up like i was running over a tree limb. I turned around and went back, the snake was gone, no sign of blood or guts on road. This was near the east end of where the chevy dealer would be, there is a small canal there. I figured the snake slithered into the canal. A few weeks later up on Forest Hill Blvd near the same canal, a giant snake was captured after several pet cats had gone missing. The news reports said it appeared to have tire tracks from a previous injury on him that didn’t do any damage. When I had told people at work the day after my encounter, I was accused of seeing things. I don’t recall the variety of snake they mentioned it was, just some variety of constrictor is the best I can recall.

By: jeddy

jeddy — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:07:09 +0000

Allow anyone to kill these Monsters with firearms anytime