Higor Fiuza and his python Shiva on the beaches of the Gold Coast.
Photo: Higor Fiuza via Nine News Australia
A man was fined 2,322 Australian dollars, which currently corresponds to nearly 5,800,000 Colombian pesos, this for wearing a pet python to surf.
The Queensland state Department of Environment and Science indicated in a statement that the man, identified in local media as Higor Fiuzawas fined for violating the conditions of his permit to possess a snake.
In the video he shared earlier this month on social media, Fiuza appears with a surfboard while the snake, a “Morelia bredli” three years and call shivahangs coiled from his neck on a beach on the Gold Coast, in Queensland.
“She goes for a little swim and then gets back on the board. “She’s just surfing, waiting for a wave… the perfect wave,” Fiuza told local media.
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However, the permit stipulates that these types of pets cannot be taken from their usual place, unless it is to take them to the veterinarian, to a buyer or to an authorized exhibition.
“The man caught our attention when we saw in the local media that he was taking his python surfing,” Jonathan McDonald, an official with the Department of Environment and Science, told CNN.
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“Taking an animal into a public place or exhibiting it requires a special permit,” McDonald said, adding that taking these animals out of their usual places can cause them stress and cause them to behave in “unpredictable” ways. The expert specified that “snakes are obviously cold-blooded animals and, although they can swim, reptiles normally avoid water.”
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Regarding the animal, the Queensland government comments That carpeted pythons can grow up to 4 meters long, although most do not exceed 2.5 meters. Additionally, this non-venomous species lives almost everywhere in Australia, except Tasmania, and feeds mainly on smaller animals such as rats, possums, birds and lizards.
Fuiza previously said she believed Shiva enjoyed the water and told local media that she never hissed while surfing, something she does when she is upset. “I dove into the water and came out and she was there,” she said. “I never extended my hand to save her or anything.”
A male black bear It had to be sacrificed in Colorado, United States, after officials from the Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife (CPW) discovered that he had a “severe intestinal obstruction” for consuming a large amount of human waste.
According to the entity, the animal, which weighed 400 pounds, was discovered on the afternoon of Saturday, September 9, near the river trail in Telluride. After receiving several alerts of a sick bear, wildlife officials headed to the area and found the individual in a sorry state.
“The bear could not digest the food and was very sick“he said in a statement Rachel Sralla, CPW wildlife area manager. The official added that the animal had the swollen eyes, in addition to discharge coming from the eyes and mouth.
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Based on their health and behavior, the Parks and Wildlife Department made the difficult decision to sacrifice the bear that same night. “We couldn’t leave a sick bear like this knowing he was suffering and fighting to survive. When you have a very fat 400 pound bear, it will take years for it to starve to death. It’s a horrible way to die, decomposing from the inside out for so long. As officers, we had to make an unfavorable decision. “It’s a call we wish we never had to make,” added Sralla.
According to the institutions, the next morning a complete necropsy of the bear, revealing that his large intestine had very little food given that his digestive tract was clogged with garbage. “Removal of the stomach and intestines showed that the bear was starving due to a plug of paper towels, disinfectant wipes, napkins, parts of plastic bags and paper wrappers waxed for food in the pylorus,” he said Mark Caddyan official with the Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife.
The state environmental authority shared the story of this unfortunate bear to remind people to Properly secure your trash cans if you live in areas shared by bears and other dangerous wild animals. In Telluride, the law states that trash must be stored in animal-resistant containers and must be sealed with a reinforced lid and a two-latch locking mechanism.
A male black bear It had to be sacrificed in Colorado, United States, after officials from the Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife (CPW) discovered that he had a “severe intestinal obstruction” for consuming a large amount of human waste.
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According to the institutions, the next morning a complete necropsy of the bear, revealing that his large intestine had very little food given that his digestive tract was clogged with garbage. “Removal of the stomach and intestines showed that the bear was starving due to a plug of paper towels, disinfectant wipes, napkins, parts of plastic bags and paper wrappers waxed for food in the pylorus,” he said Mark Caddyan official with the Colorado Department of Parks and Wildlife.
The state environmental authority shared the story of this unfortunate bear to remind people to Properly secure your trash cans if you live in areas shared by bears and other dangerous wild animals. In Telluride, the law states that trash must be stored in animal-resistant containers and must be sealed with a reinforced lid and a two-latch locking mechanism.
“We can’t say it enough, so here it is again: Trash kills bears. It all comes back to trash, which we talk about all too often when it comes to bear conflicts in Colorado. The reason we had to put this bear down was to put an end to the suffering caused by eating indigestible garbage”Sralla added.
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It should be clarified that Bears are often attracted to areas where humans live because of the smell of garbage. Wildlife officials may be forced to euthanize animals that repeatedly attack trash cans and homes in search of food, as it shows they have associated humans with food, increasing the risk of conflicts and stories. tragic like this.
