A video showing to point out a drinker biting off a pet snake’s head in a pub has been described as “distressing” by West Midlands Police and the RSPCA.
The footage and an image of the snake’s head on a beer mat started circulating on-line this week after the incident at The Sportsman’s Rest, Kingstanding, Birmingham on Saturday.
The pub’s employees have been described as “distraught” by the Sportsman’s Rest administration.
West Midlands Police are taking the incident severely.
A West Midlands Police spokesman advised the Express & Star: “We have been made conscious of a distressing video which apparently reveals a person biting off the pinnacle of a pet snake at a pub in Kingstanding.
“The alleged incident occurred in entrance of kids on the venue and we’re conscious of the upset this could have induced to anybody who witnessed it.”
The spokesman added: “The incident wasn’t reported to us however we’re making enquiries and also will be passing on the video to the RSPCA who will perform their very own investigation.
“Anyone with any info ought to contact us by way of Live Chat on our web site or by ringing 101 quoting crime reference quantity 20/795417/23.”
The RSPCA is interesting for details about the offender.
An RSPCA spokesman mentioned: “This is a distressing video to watch and we are keen to speak to the person in the footage who appears to bite off the head of a snake in a pub, or anyone else with first-hand information.
“Under the Animal Welfare Act, it is an offence to cause unnecessary suffering to a snake. Anyone with information should contact us on 0300 123 8018, quoting reference 01150713.”
The son of a daily on the pub mentioned: “A man had introduced his pet snake in and was exhibiting it off. There have been kids there. Everyone was simply having fun with the snake.”
A spokesman for The Sportsman’s Rest mentioned: “We don’t wish to remark about what occurred. The employees are nonetheless traumatised by what they noticed.”
