Children kill Burmese python in brutal attack

A SNAKE catcher and his daughter were left heartbroken after being called out to rescue a Burmese python that had been stoned and beaten to death by a group of children.

- THOBEKA NGEMA

Grant Cavanagh of Durban South Snake Rescue said that he and his daughter, Savannah, were called to Clermont, on the outskirts of Pinetown.

“It was explained to me by a gentleman that they had spotted a very thick-bodied, yellow-coloured snake down at the bottom of a tavern by the river,” Cavanagh said.

He asked for pictures and realised it was some kind of exotic python.

When they arrived, they were directed to the river.