The modest woman denied an interview, and her daughter just told Yahoo News that her mother “did what she had to do”.
Carpet pythons’ bites are ‘nasty’. People must have a license to handle wild snakes, and a snake catcher told Yahoo News that “technically she’d be in breach” of these wildlife protection rules.
He did, however, applaud her courage and agree that her “love of her pet is always going to take over”.
“I don’t recommend anyone interfering with a snake in this situation, but I understand the urgency of the moment you make that decision,” Mathew Hampton, a snake expert, said.
“It’s one of those blurry lines where I can totally understand why someone would freak out and try to unwrap the dog… she’s done a great job, she’s pretty tough.”
