In Moscow, nine reptiles were removed from an apartment after a schoolgirl was bitten

The prosecutor's office began checking after reports that a 16-year-old girl was bitten by a venomous snake in an apartment in the northeast of Moscow, where a family with three minor children lives. This was reported in the press service of the Moscow Prosecutor's office to the Moscow City News agency on Thursday, January 22.

During the inspection, the interdistrict environmental protection and Babushkin prosecutor's offices established the fact of illegal keeping of wild animals. Reptiles prohibited for domestic maintenance and subject to CITES regulation were removed from the apartment, including several monitor lizards, tega, pythons and the red-book island skidder. There were no documents for their purchase and maintenance, the website clarifies. kp.ru . In addition, the owner voluntarily handed over three venomous snakes.

The supervisory authority clarified that an administrative case has been initiated against the owner of the animals under the article on violation of the rules for the protection of rare and endangered species. Life.ru .

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Experts warn of a possible increase in such cases due to an increase in the reptile population.

On January 17, it became known that a 16-year-old girl was bitten by a venomous snake in an apartment building on Yaroslavskoye Highway in Moscow. The schoolgirl was attacked by a bamboo kufiya, also known as budru-pam. The snake belongs to the viper subfamily and lives in India. 360.ru . Doctors assessed the girl's condition as serious. Doctors noted that the poison of bamboo kufiya in some cases leads to tissue necrosis and even amputation of limbs.

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