PITTSBURGH, May 20 (UPI) -- Pittsburgh police said a 17-year-old faces theft and animal cruelty charges for allegedly using a snake from his school's biology room as a jump rope.
CLIFTON PARK, N.Y., May 8 (UPI) -- T.G.I. Friday's says a severed snake head found in a dish of broccoli at one of its New York restaurants was likely planted in the meal.
CLIFTON PARK, N.Y., May 7 (UPI) -- A New York state man said he discovered a severed snake head among the vegetables on his plate at a T.G.I. Friday's restaurant.
MALINDI , Kenya, April 16 (UPI) -- Authorities in Kenya said a 13-foot python that attacked a farm worker disappeared from a wildlife farm one day after it was captured by police.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A student zookeeper was killed and nearly swallowed by a Burmese python in the Caracas, Venezuela, zoo, officials said.
ULSTER, Ireland, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- An Irish man was on trial Friday for biting his girlfriend’s pet snake in half during a fight.
DARWIN, Australia, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- A teenage driver in Australia threatened two police officers with a snake when he was pulled over for an alcohol breath test.
SANDNES, Norway, July 3 (UPI) -- A Norwegian woman got the shock of her life when she found what was apparently a king python under her sofa.
BHUBANESHWAR, India, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- A crack down on snake charmers in India could put 20,000 people out of work.
BHUBANESWAR, India, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Indian snake charmers irked by a crackdown on their profession responded with equal venom, threatening to release their reptiles in the Orissa state assembly.