Mississauga Animal Services rescued a python from a vehicle’s engine
The snake was taken to an animal shelter to recover
Some fierce new anxiety fodder just dropped, and here it is, from our psyche to yours:
Earlier this month, Mississauga Animal Services responded to a rescue call—a normal enough occurrence. But upon arrival, officers discovered that the rescue was for a python that had slithered into a vehicle’s engine compartment.
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“After a resident called a mechanic, our team arrived and one officer reached into the engine. To everyone’s shock, the python calmly climbed right onto their arm for a safe rescue,” a post on the City of Mississauga’s Facebook page said.
“The snake was dehydrated with a few minor scratches, but it is now recovering at the Mississauga Animal Shelter and getting proper care. Calls like this show how ready our officers are for anything, from pets to exotic animals, all to keep our community safe.”
Best wishes to the python.
But please stay in your cage.
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Carly Lewis is a journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times and the New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Wired, Interview Magazine, Pitchfork, Elle, and Maclean’s, where she is a contributing editor. Her work has been recognized by the National Magazine Awards and the Digital Publishing Awards. She reports on city life, culture—including what people do online—politics, art and crime. She received the Dave Greber Freelance Writers Award for “The Murder of Ashley Wadsworth,” an investigative feature about a Canadian teenager who was killed by a man she met on social media, published by Maclean’s.
