Ferret said:Oh I understand that. But could they not have been quarantined and taken to a zoo?
Possibly, I suppose, if there were a zoo that wanted 'em. It wouldn't surprise me if trying to find good homes for those snakes was pretty low on the authorities' list of things to do. And, I don't know what Australian law says on the issue, but, in many countries, the quarantine period for imported animals is months.