Date: Wednesday, July 7, 2021
File: 21-26977
Victoria, BC – Patrol officers are seeking a reptile’s owner after corralling a large snake in Victoria last night.
Shortly after 9 p.m. on Tuesday, July 6th, Patrol officers were called to a multi-unit residential building in the 700-block of Vancouver Street for a report of a large snake found on a ground floor patio. Officers attended and worked with the person who reported the incident to corral the approximately four-foot-long snake into a large cardboard box. Officers then transported the snake to Victoria Animal Control Services where it remains.
A photograph of the snake is available below.
This file remains under investigation.
If this is your snake, please call Victoria Animal Control Services at 250-414-0233. If you have information about this incident, please call the VicPD Report Desk at (250) 995-7654 extension 1. To report what you know anonymously, please call Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-8477.
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