Snakes and Animal Shelter

(Wood County, Texas) A Louisiana man who maintains a home as an animal shelter has been arrested for animal cruelty.

The Wood County Sheriff's Office said they were led to the Quitman, TX motor home of David Beauchemin because he failed to show up for a court hearing in Louisiana on 22 counts of cruelty to animals.

They added reports out of Allen Parish stated Beauchemin advertised as a "pet adopter" on Craigslist, but allegedly fed those pets to his snakes. Investigators said those reports were isolated to Louisiana.

In all, 78 snakes were removed from the property in Texas. Officials said Beauchemin had been living in Wood County for about a month or two.



Texas game wardens, sheriff's deputies and zoo keepers were sent to the property to identify and move the Boa constrictors and albino Burmese pythons in clean containers with clean water.

It must be quite a chore to keep 78 snakes fed. Heh.