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加拿大2个男童被巨蟒缠绕致死。 他们是兄弟。分别是6岁，4岁。他们的尸体在一家宠物店楼上被发现。这2兄弟去朋友家sleepover（去朋友家过夜玩），他们小朋友的爸爸有些稀有宠物，包括缠死他们的非洲45kg巨蟒。警察在调查这2个孩子是怎样和此巨蟒产生了近距离接触。此种非洲巨蟒是不能合法持有的。 2个男童死前和其他宠物接触，包括羊和驼羊。警察说这2个孩子接触巨蟒时候很可能身上还有羊的味道，被巨蟒误认为食物。 2个男童的妈妈在facebook上曾经发2个孩子清洗巨蟒玻璃缸的照片。  原文 http://www.smh.com.au/world/pyth ... 20130808-2rjv0.html Montreal: An autopsy has confirmed that two Canadian children who are thought to have been crushed to death by a python died through asphyxiation, and a police investigation is underway. The owner of the python did not have a permit to keep such an animal, officials say. Brothers Connor and Noah Barthe, aged six and four, were found dead on Monday morning in an apartment in the eastern Canadian city of New Brunswick, above a pet shop. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/pyth ... .html#ixzz2bMBHhUnM The pair had been enjoying a sleepover with a friend, the young son of Jean-Claude Savoie, who tends to a private menagerie of exotic animals, including an African rock python. Police are treating the apartment as a crime scene and an investigation has been launched into how children became exposed to a four-metre, 45kg predator. "We were informed that a number of exotic animals were discovered while police were investigating the tragic deaths of the two boys believed killed by an African rock python," said Anne Bull, a spokeswoman for New Brunswick's Department of Natural Resources. "That species of snake is not permitted in New Brunswick. According to our records, we have never had any involvement with this snake." The initial police investigation suggests that the beast managed to escape from its terrarium in Mr Savoie's apartment by nosing through a ventilation duct in the ceiling and dropping into the boys' bedroom nearby. The brothers had spent a day playing with their friend, Mr Savoie's son, and the family's various animals - including llamas and goats - before bedding down for the night on a mattress in his home. Savoie found the young victims dead on Monday morning and alerted the authorities. Veterinary officials seized the snake and euthanised it. Animal experts have expressed astonishment at the tragedy, many of them noting that, while an African rock python is a dangerous animal capable killing large prey, it would not normally attack humans. But Marion Desmarcheliere, a professor of zoological medicine and the Atlantic Veterinary College, said the children's day of play could have sealed their fate. Pythons, she said, have a powerful sense of smell, and if the Barthe children still had the odour of goats upon them after their time in Savoie's mini-zoo this could have awakened the snake's hunting instinct. "Pythons kill to eat," she said, adding that they can not see very well at night and would have been guided by smell and by the body heat of the young victims. Police said the snake was a rock python, the biggest snake species in Africa. It is not poisonous, but is hugely strong and capable of killing large animals including antelopes. It is not known as a man-eater in the wild, but it is widely feared. The mother of the dead boys had posted photos on Facebook last year of them playing in and cleaning her neighbour’s snake enclosure. Mandy Trecartin’s Facebook page shows hundreds of photos of her sons, including a few showing Noah and Connor happily scrubbing the glass enclosure, which she identified as an anaconda habitat. The tragic deaths have triggered a wave of emotion in New Brunswick and local people were due to hold a candle-light vigil later on Wednesday in memory of the children. The deaths have also triggered a debate about Canada's patchwork of laws relating to exotic pets, with overlapping federal, provincial and local regulations leading to confusion over ownership and safety rules. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/pyth ... .html#ixzz2bMBDTxkP |
