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Born April 15
2014
Damsire Distorted Humor
Trainer Chad Brown
Record12: 5–2–3
Sire Into Mischief
Sex Colt
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID1867574
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Practical Joke is a retired multiple Grade I-winning American Thoroughbred racehorse whose wins included the Hopeful, Champagne and H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes.

Scottish woman's shock at finding snake in suitcase from Australia

May 7,2024 8:57 pm

Scottish SPCA staff removed The Snake and put it into Quarantine

When Maria Boxall found a snake in her luggage following a holiday in Australia, she thought it had been placed there by a member of her family.

But the Scottish grandmother quickly realised it was not a Practical Joke - When she touched it, it moved.

She had inadvertently transported The Reptile in her suitcase on a flight from Queensland to Glasgow.

Mrs Boxall only discovered it hiding in a Shoe - complete with shed Skin - as she unpacked at her Stirlingshire home.

The Snake was taken Outside In The Shoe and contained by a relative until Scottish SPCA staff arrived in Bridge of Allan.

It turned out to be a python, which is not Dangerous .

The Snake was curled up inside a Shoe

Mrs Boxall's son-in-law Paul Airlie told the story of the international-travelling snake to an Australian radio station.

He said she had mentioned thinking she had seen a snake in her room Over There before she left but had thought it was gone.

Scottish SPCA Animal Rescue officer Taylor Johnstone said: "I can confirm that we removed a snake from a property in Bridge of Allan.

"I responded to a call from a woman who had just returned from a holiday in Australia who had found a small snake inside her Shoe in her suitcase.

The Snake was taken outside and contained until the SSPCA would collect it.

"When I arrived, The Snake had been contained by The Caller , so I safely removed The Snake from the property. Upon examination, The Snake was found to be a spotted python which is not venomous.

The Snake is in Quarantine at our Animal Rescue and rehoming centre in Edinburgh. "

It is thought The Snake may be given to a zoo after it passes Quarantine .



stirling, australia, snakes

Source of news: bbc.com

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