Woman who kept dead snakes in freezer avoids jail
A pensioner who kept almost 200 snakes in her semi-detached house in York has been banned from keeping reptiles for a year following a prosecution which has cost the RSPCA more than £150,000.
York woman also had dead cat in freezer
As well as the snakes, they found a dead cat in a fridge-freezer.
Wallace told the RSPCA she had "around 140 snakes" including boas, pythons and corn snakes.
At York Magistrates Court she pleaded guilty to two cruelty charges after she caused unnecessary suffering to her border collie Alf by failing to provide him with adequate veterinary care when he fell ill.
She also admitted seven offences of failing to ensure the welfare of snakes and reptiles. A further 10 animal cruelty charges initially brought by the RSPCA were dropped and dismissed by magistrates.
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