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Did You Lose A Giant Snake At CT Landmark? Police Want A Word Did You Lose A Giant Snake At CT Landmark? Police Want A Word
Did You Lose A Giant Snake At CT Landmark? Police Want A Word Police in Connecticut are asking for the public's help to track down the people who left a ball python at a reservoir in Hartford County.  Video from the Nepaug Reservoir off Route 202 in Canton showed several people dumping the snake and running away just before 4 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 13, Burlington and Canton Animal Control said in a Facebook post. There are several popular hiking and biking trails near the reservoir.  The snake was listed as "young," but was still much too large for this reporter's liking.  Police took the python into custody and are keeping it…

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
CT FirefightersFairfield County Firefighters, Animal Control Race To Save Trapped Kittens CT FirefightersFairfield County Firefighters, Animal Control Race To Save Trapped Kittens
CT FirefightersFairfield County Firefighters, Animal Control Race To Save Trapped Kittens A litter of kittens stuck in a storm drain in Fairfield County are lucky firefighters don't give up as they continue to work to rescue the little balls of fur and their mother. The kittens were found in Westport on Monday, Aug. 26, in the storm drain on Post Road. According to the Westport Fire Department, luckily, one kitten has been rescued since Monday, but the mother cat and her kittens trapped in the storm drain pipe at a Post Road business entrance have moved further back into the pipe, which empties into a 12-foot well.  Westport Fire Department The department is receivi…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
CT Woman Throws 2 Kittens Out Of Car, Police Looking For Witness, Cops Say CT Woman Throws 2 Kittens Out Of Car, Police Looking For Witness, Cops Say
CT Woman Throws 2 Kittens Out Of Car, Police Looking For Witness, Cops Say Police in Connecticut are searching for a witness who saw a woman allegedly throw two kittens out of her moving car, killing both. The incident occurred in New Haven County around 9:45 a.m., Monday, July 8, in Naugatuck. According to the Naugatuck Police, after receiving reports of the woman throwing the kittens out of a moving car, officers located the kittens, about four to five months old, dead in the area of North Church Street / Route 63 by the dam.  Witnesses told officers an older white female with white hair was driving a maroon sedan, and the kittens were thrown from the driv…

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by Kathy Reakes