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| 2006-08-16 - Weird News Jacob Cherian - All Headline News Staff Writer Snakes Are Frequent Fliers On Airplanes | ||
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Los Angeles, CA (AHN) -- Snakes are frequent flyers on airplanes; they are crisscrossing the skies as part of an emerging market in pet reptiles. However, they travel in cargo confined to fortified cages. Mike Osborn, a wildlife inspector with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) at the Los Angeles International Airport told NationalGeographic.com, "In my 20-odd years, I've never heard of an incident where a snake escaped into the passenger area." Osborn added, "Most reptiles are being brought in for the pet trade, so it's going to be a lot of the things that you see in the pet stores." The FWS has in place a set of guidelines to facilitate the shipping of these creatures. Reptiles should travel in cloth bags and in properly ventilated crates. Osborn said, "The guidelines specify what type of animals are to be shipped in what types of boxes and what types of closures. It gives you diagrams of the crates and shows you specific features that are required...It's very strict." Furthermore, crates that have poisonous snakes in them need to be labeled "venomous." Osborn remarks, "This is so our inspectors don't get surprised when they open up the shipments."
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