As previously reported, a resident in sheltered housing made a call they probably never thought they would have to make to report that a royal python snake had slithered up into their toilet bowl.

Volunteers from Knaresborough Exotic Rescue were called to the property by a woman whose partner had left the royal pythons behind when they broke up. Daniel Holmes, from the reptile sanctuary ...

RSPCA Inspector Jo Daniel said: “This poor python was found in the nick of time - he could have died. Snakes are cold-blooded so non-native species such as this royal python need to be kept in a ...