Pet owners have been issued a stark warning after a dangerous snake was spotted drinking from a public dog bowl.
Australian Rodney Cassor noticed the venomous eastern brown snake poking his head inside the dog bowl at a beach, before sending a photo to WILD Conservation, who shared it on social media.
With the weather warming up, Mr Durrant said he’s received increased calls from concerned residents who have spotted snakes on their properties, with eastern brown snake encounters making up a third of their calls. Just this week, Mr Durrant received a call from a Sydney woman whose dog had found a red-bellied black snake in her backyard, and a man who came home from work to find his dog dead in the garden.“He thinks it was probably an eastern brown because he had seen one in yard a couple of days before.”
“Right now male snakes are travelling over land looking for females and they’ve also all come out of hibernation so a lot of them are out at the moment looking for a feed. And that’s putting them into contact with people as they travel through their yards and public places.” As well as eastern brown snakes, Sydney pet owners are also advised to keep a particular eye out for red belly black snakes which can kill domestic pets if they come into contact.
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