A 24-year-old man who was the owner of a "Reticulated Python" that had disappeared in Yokohama for more than two weeks last month, said police had not obtained the city's permission to change cages. I sent the documents on suspicion of violating the protection law.

Last month, the 3.5-meter-long "Reticulated python" that had been kept as a pet in an apartment room in Totsuka-ku, Yokohama disappeared, and as a result of a large-scale search, an expert lurks in the attic of the apartment 16 days later. I found and captured it.



A closer look at how the police escaped revealed that the owner, a 24-year-old man, kept it in a wooden cage with a simple key, which was different from the city-approved glass case with a key. about it.



Police filed a man on suspicion of violating the Act on Welfare and Protection of Animals on the 10th, alleging that he had changed to a wooden cage without the necessary city permission.



He admitted to the investigation and explained, "The snake has grown and the first case has become smaller. It was troublesome to apply, and I thought it wouldn't come out because I was in the house."



According to the city of Yokohama, the Reticulated python was captured and then transferred from a man to a distributor in Ibaraki prefecture.