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“We’re exploring all options,” said Mark Beseda, Grand Prairie police’s public information officer. Snakes are also not considered prohibited “dangerous wild animals” in Dallas county.Ī spokesman for the police department said that there was a possibility authorities could get involved. allow snakes to escape to refugia if they are active during burning. Grand Prairie city codes state that constrictor-type snakes are illegal, but venomous snakes are not. were placed near open canopy riparian habitat in prairie/savanna edge and along. According to a city statement, Mat had a permit from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. No charges have been issued by law enforcement. Mat, who told local television station NBC5 that he does not believe the public is in danger, said he purchased the snake legally. Members of the public were warned against approaching or trying to capture the cobra. Other than that you’re pretty safe,” Kennedy told the outlet. If you step on it, it’s going to bite you. Ten traps had been set near the owner’s home earlier this week, Kennedy said, with no results yet. Randall Kennedy, founder of Dallas Forth Worth Wildlife Control, told a local news outlet his company was contacted by the snake’s owner, Tre Mat, to help find the snake, which looks frightening when it rears up and flares its hood as a warning. The city released a public warning on Wednesday morning, saying that the venomous snake had been reported missing from the home of its owner.Ī subspecies of the forest cobra group, considered to be one of the world’s most poisonous snakes, the west African banded cobra is considered “shy” by the African Snake Bite Institute, a training organization based in South Africa, and rarely bites humans.īut if it does, its venom causes progressive paralysis that can lead to death.