user 23122
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sorry mate too many rums last night back to the books i go
Mate you might need to do a little homework, as yes this has happened in Australia. Just a few years ago a professional herpetologist was constricted and killed by a Scrub Python when he was working on a cage clean out at home alone, so no one could have helped him. This type of thing won't "ruin the industry" here as this incident didn't, however owning such large and potentially dangerous species may become more stringently regulated. For example in SA you need a specialist permit to keep scrubbies, so not anyone wanting 'a snake' can just purchase one. Same as with Elapids, you need to be trained and approved before being legally allowed to keep them (not that such screening weeds out all the foolish keepers).