Owner of escaped python that showed up on football pitch in Subotica found: He faces criminal charges

The python is being cared for in the Palic Zoo

The police in Subotica, by order of the Basic Public Prosecutor in this northern Serbian town, will file a criminal complaint against a 41-year-old local on suspicion that he committed the crime of animal abuse.

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It is suspected that he, due to inadequate care, allowed a python that was eventually found near a football pitch in Subotica, to escape from his apartment.

The python is being cared for in the Palic Zoo. A criminal complaint will be filed against the suspect, under regular procedure to the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office, the police in Subotica announced.

The big snake was noticed moving from under the stands of the Sever ("North") stadium in Subotica towards the pitch, just as children were practicing there.

"There were about a hundred children aged 6 to 15," an eyewitness said at the time.

(Telegraf.rs)