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Escaped cobras strike fear in southwest China
BEIJING (AFP) – Residents of a township in southwest China have been running scared after more than 160 cobras escaped from an illegal breeding laboratory, state media said Thursday.
People in Shijiao township in the huge Chongqing municipality have found the deadly snakes in outdoor toilets, kitchens and on the streets since they escaped earlier this month, the Information Times said.
"The other day, Zhang Erfen had just gone into the toilet when we heard a loud scream and she came running out while trying to hike up her pants" after coming face-to-face with a cobra, the paper quoted one villager as saying.
A villager identified as Cai Yong has admitted to raising up to 1,900 cobras in an unlicensed breeding centre in an abandoned schoolhouse. It was not clear if he had been arrested.
Most of the snakes have been caught or killed, but some are still unaccounted for, and there are fears they will breed in the wild, allowing the species to gain a foothold in the region.
Local health authorities have sent doses of anti-venom to the township, reports said.
Escaped cobras strike fear in southwest China
BEIJING (AFP) – Residents of a township in southwest China have been running scared after more than 160 cobras escaped from an illegal breeding laboratory, state media said Thursday.
People in Shijiao township in the huge Chongqing municipality have found the deadly snakes in outdoor toilets, kitchens and on the streets since they escaped earlier this month, the Information Times said.
"The other day, Zhang Erfen had just gone into the toilet when we heard a loud scream and she came running out while trying to hike up her pants" after coming face-to-face with a cobra, the paper quoted one villager as saying.
A villager identified as Cai Yong has admitted to raising up to 1,900 cobras in an unlicensed breeding centre in an abandoned schoolhouse. It was not clear if he had been arrested.
Most of the snakes have been caught or killed, but some are still unaccounted for, and there are fears they will breed in the wild, allowing the species to gain a foothold in the region.
Local health authorities have sent doses of anti-venom to the township, reports said.
