Would you mind if your neighbor kept pets at home? What would you do if your neighbor kept hundreds of pet snakes at home?
Recently, a netizen reported on social media that a tenant in a Chengdu, Sichuan residential community kept hundreds of snakes as pets at home. After the neighbors discovered this, it caused panic among the residents, and many people blocked the tenant's door, hoping that the tenant would move out.
Ms. Yang, a resident of the community, said that the residents had negotiated with the tenants many times, but the tenants were adamant about not moving out, so the residents had no choice but to call the police for help.
According to Ms. Yang, a resident of the community, just before National Day, a resident discovered someone moving items in the elevator and, upon inquiry, learned it was a snake. This news quickly spread within the residents' group chat, causing widespread fear among the residents. Ms. Yang said the property management had repeatedly communicated with the tenant who kept the snake, but the tenant insisted it was a corn snake, a pet, and not a violation of any laws or regulations. The tenant argued that as long as it wasn't illegal, what animal he kept was none of anyone else's business.
On the evening of October 14, when the tenant returned to the rented house, some residents of the community came to talk to him and found that the house smelled of animal feces. Ms. Yang said, "The tenant usually comes back every few days, probably to feed the snakes. Last night, some residents saw him, so we went to look for him."
It is reported that the tenant previously kept more than 30 pet snakes, but the property management later found that the number had increased to 99, which caused panic among the neighbors.
The tenant had previously rented a room in a nearby community to keep snakes, but moved here after being reported.
After multiple consultations between the community and property management, the tenant will move out by November 1st. If the tenant fails to move out by then, the community will help the landlord contact a lawyer to handle the matter.
lawyer:
May be illegal
Lu Yuanhui, a lawyer from Sichuan Faxian Law Firm, stated that if the tenant is engaged in large-scale animal husbandry, they may have violated the Animal Epidemic Prevention Law. In principle, even individuals raising animals must comply with relevant animal epidemic prevention measures, including epidemic prevention inspections and quarantine. Furthermore, from a civil law perspective, if their animal husbandry causes damage to the buildings or lives of neighboring residents, they may also be liable for civil tort liability.
Netizen comments
Many netizens are worried that these snakes might run into their neighbors' homes.
Baby and Beibei: This is really scary. You can slip out of the toilet, the sewer, the window...
User 98318: If a snake were to crawl into an unused space, set up a nest, lay eggs, and reproduce, the entire building would be ruined.
Fo'an: I once saw a news report about someone who kept hundreds of venomous snakes. The snakes escaped, and it took a month to catch them all.
Hello Tomorrow: One summer vacation, the snake that the upstairs neighbor kept ran into my drawer. Luckily, I was away at my hometown. It scared my dad, because I heard it wasn't poisonous.
sunny: No matter what, you can't keep snakes in places with people. Don't you even know this basic common sense?
Wuyue Night Reading: A former colleague of mine kept a golden python, but it escaped out of the window and ran into the supermarket downstairs. The owner was so frightened that she fainted.
Some netizens also said they were too afraid of snakes to even look at them.
Jiujiu Fu: I would definitely move out of that neighborhood overnight. These snakes can even lay eggs! And there are more and more of them.
Mo Shi Mo Wang: How afraid of snakes is she? She's so afraid that she won't even touch a picture of a snake if she sees one on her phone.
Boiling fish in lukewarm water: That's terrifying. I used to see snakes crawl out of the toilet when someone was using it, and it scared me so much that I'm always terrified when I go to the toilet. I also rush through my showers because I'm afraid of snakes falling down. People who are afraid of snakes are scared to death.
Mooncat: Keeping them in a cage is fine, but don't let them out. People like us who are afraid of snakes will die instantly.
Love Rises with the Wind: Oh my god! Let alone 99, if I knew just one of these things, I would have to move and stay far away from this neighborhood. I'm terrified of this thing, not just a little bit.
