Archive for December, 2008

The Rarest Snake in North America

Monday, December 29th, 2008

For almost 30 years, the Ellen Trout Zoo and director Gordon Henley have worked to bring back North America’s rarest snake, the Louisiana pine snake. They haven’t had much luck yet, and experts say the snake may become extinct if efforts to save it don’t show success soon.
In the early 1980s, Ellen Trout Zoo became […]

Missing Snakes Mystery Solved

Sunday, December 14th, 2008

Alabama police say that the person who removed 22 tree boa snakes from a garden shed was simply concerned about the welfare of the reptiles. Jacob Brooks of Prallville, Alabama, filed a theft report when he returned home and found his pets missing, the Montgomery Advertiser reported. The Amazon tree boas had total value of […]