Search for owner of 8ft python
A MEMBER of the public found an eight foot python slithering around in the Welsh countryside.
The serpent, later identified as a reticulated python, was found on a farm near woodlands in Troedyrhiw, Merthyr Tydfil.
The RSPCA are now appealing for information after it was handed in to the charity’s Merthyr clinic. It is not known if the python had escaped or was abandoned.
It has now been transferred to a specialist keeper after the discovery on March 18, where it will be kept if the owner isn’t found.
As snakes are not able to produce their own body heat they will not be able to feed or move normally if they become too cold.
RSPCA inspector Dave Milborrow said: “We don’t know if this snake escaped or was abandoned, so we’re keen to find out more – and also get them home if they have escaped.”