Mike177
12-14-03, 01:20 AM
Dangerous snakes confiscated from home in Avon
The Associated Press
December 9, 2003 11:00 AM
AVON, IND. -- Conservation officers seized two dangerous snakes from a home west of Indianapolis and may seek misdemeanor charges against the couple who owned them.
A Hendricks County animal-control officer found the snakes Nov. 19 when she went to David and Dawn Hardwick's property in the suburb of Avon to investigate a complaint about a dog.
Officers from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources later obtained a search warrant to seize the snakes, an African puff adder and a timber rattlesnake.
The rattlesnake was still alive, but Dawn Hardwick said the couple killed the 22-pound puff adder by putting it in the freezer.
"We were going to polyurethane it and use it as a door stop," she explained.
Conservation officers said it is illegal to possess the reptiles, even if they are dead.
The Associated Press
December 9, 2003 11:00 AM
AVON, IND. -- Conservation officers seized two dangerous snakes from a home west of Indianapolis and may seek misdemeanor charges against the couple who owned them.
A Hendricks County animal-control officer found the snakes Nov. 19 when she went to David and Dawn Hardwick's property in the suburb of Avon to investigate a complaint about a dog.
Officers from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources later obtained a search warrant to seize the snakes, an African puff adder and a timber rattlesnake.
The rattlesnake was still alive, but Dawn Hardwick said the couple killed the 22-pound puff adder by putting it in the freezer.
"We were going to polyurethane it and use it as a door stop," she explained.
Conservation officers said it is illegal to possess the reptiles, even if they are dead.