Aviano (Pordenone), 24 June 2022- An albino python with blue eyes. What was he doing On the road ad Aviano (Pordenone)? If you set a crime, abandonment of animal (exotic) and a story that the zoologist Luca Lapini knows all too well. “People are looking for more and more animal pages “, he comments disconsolately, also rethinking the discovery of November 2021, also in his Friuli. When another albino reptilethat time was a grain snakehad been found by the Forestry in the woods of Amaro (Udine). And it is a few days ago the discovery of a kangaroo hit and killed in Laterina (Arezzo). Meanwhile, Italy is preparing a new law on exotic animals.
The albino ball python
“The albino python it does not exist in nature – explains Lapini -. The livery of the ball pythonspecies of African origin, it is yellow, with dark spots. Apparently considered less attractive. So you get that color other than crosses between relatives “.
The albino wheat snake
In November 2021 the Forestry had found a grain snake, of North American origin, in the woods of Amaro (Udine). The reptile was then delivered to a recovery center in the province of Gorizia. “They are animals increasingly appreciated by those who want to have the strange beast in the terrarium”, Lapini’s analysis.
But how much is an albino snake worth?
Gabor, Hungarian, organizer of the reptile fair held every year in May a Longaroneevaluates: “I would say a few hundreds of Euro. Why are albino snakes found around? They may have been abandoned, of course. But at 50% it takes me even escape. It is true that many may discover that the commitment is greater than what they thought. Not only cats and dogs are abandoned. But the other hypothesis is also valid. “Then a request:” For an idiot, however, we must not criminalize the entire category of enthusiasts “.
