Police capture live gopher snake at Kapolei Home Depot

Honolulu police officers responding to a 911 call captured a stay snake at the Kapolei Residence Depot previous night, in accordance to the Hawaii Section of Agriculture.

Shop employees created the unexpected emergency simply call at about about 11 p.m. Wednesday, the department reported, just after spotting it on a pallet in a shipping and delivery container of blended merchandise. Officers utilised a bucket to capture the snake and introduced it to Kapolei Police Station.

Inspectors from the state Department of Agriculture took custody of the snake this early morning.

In accordance to the division, the snake steps about 21 inches extensive, and has been determined by reptile authorities as a non-venomous juvenile gopher snake.

Gopher snakes are located in North America and feed on smaller rodents, youthful rabbits, lizards, birds and their eggs. They get rid of their prey by constriction and suffocation. They can increase up to about 7 feet.

“In Hawaii, snakes are unlawful to have, have no normal predators, and pose a severe risk to Hawaii’s one of a kind ecosystem as they contend with native animal populations for meals and habitat,” claimed the office in a news release.

Underneath condition legislation, owning, transporting or possessing illegal animals is a Course C felony, with a maximum fine of $200,000 and up to 3 several years in jail.

HDOA also reminds the public that less than the state’s amnesty software, those with illegal animals might turn them in to any HDOA place of work, Honolulu Zoo, Panaewa Zoo on Hawaii island or any Humane Culture, with no thoughts asked or fines assessed.

Anyone with data about unlawful animals — or sightings or captures of illegal animals or invasive species — really should call the statewide toll-no cost pest hotline at 643-PEST (7378).