Britain's RSPCA responded to a fish and chip shop in London where a reported "python" on the loose was found to be a corn snake that escaped from a nearby apartment. Photo courtesy of the RSPCA July ...

COCHRANE, Alberta — Police in Canada were called about an animal emergency — a purported python slithering around a gas station convenience store. However, when authorities arrived, it turned out that ...

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July 16 (UPI) --Animal rescuers were summoned to a fish and chip shop in London to wrangle a loose "python" that turned out to be an escaped pet corn snake. The RSPCA said personnel responded to the ...

However, when authorities arrived, it turned out that the ravenous reptile was a harmless garter snake, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said on social media. "That, obviously, is something we don't ...