6-foot long boa constrictor found in Target shopping cart

Update:

An employee at Sioux City Animal Adoption and Rescue Center, where the boa is currently being housed, told Newsweek via phone on Monday that security footage of the Target parking lot was pulled but it remains undetermined who the snake initially belonged to or how it made its way inside the cart.

A local police officer told Newsweek via phone that boas are actually illegal within city limits based on local ordinances. The officer said it may be that a local who had the snake as a pet somehow lost it in the vicinity, "but that's just a theory."

Per normal protocol, the rescued snake will be housed at the local animal control facility until Saturday, or for seven days. All animals are kept there for that maximum period of time.

"We're gonna put it in a rescue as soon as its hold time is up," the employee said. "We're taking care of him, he's doing good. He's nice and warm, we have the heat lamps on him and he's been fed."

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Snake found in Target shopping cart in Iowa gets new home

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — A boa constrictor found in a shopping cart in Target earlier this month will be getting a new home.

The 6-foot-long snake, now named Target, pronounced “Tar-Zhay,” was picked up by Sioux City Animal Adoption and Rescue on Aug. 12. The rescue waited a week for a potential owner, and when no one stepped forward to claim the snake, it was put up for adoption.

Professor Dan Fogell, of Southeast Community College in Lincoln, Nebraska, made the trip up to give Target a new home.

“If we keep him in our lab, we’ll probably use him for outreach,” Fogell said. “We have a couple of nights a year where we do family science night. We always like to have some big snakes for kids to come handle and have their picture taken with, so we’ll probably keep him around for that.”

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