Escaped Pet Burmese Python Kills Fla. Two-year-old Child
July 1, 2009
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This is very serious. This clearly shows negligence from the parents as well. They knew that they had a kid in the house; therefore, they shouldn’t have a python. I think it may be fine to have this kind of pet, but you have to be 101% sure that it’s on a separate room and fully caged. But I still suggest not having this as a pet.
The parents were negligent, of course–they didn’t have a permit for the animal, and didn’t house it correctly.
Dogs pose a greater threat to kids, however, and the number of dog attacks on sleeping children is MUCH higher than that of snake attacks. This is a very unusual freak accident, nothing more–a burm that size honestly has no reason to attack a child.