An examination is underway into the discovery of an in your area extinct African Rock Python, found in Gqeberha’s Well Estate for the very first time in almost 100 years.
The female of about 4 meters long was supposedly killed by a pack of dogs and its owners, who were out hunting in the location recently.
News of the types emerged after a video did the rounds on social networks of a group of males displaying their kill.
In among the videos, 3 males are seen bring the snake over their shoulders, and in another, the snake is resting on the ground.
Snake specialist and owner of Sandula Conservation, Mark Marshall said the snake ended up being extinct in the Eastern Cape and is noted as a safeguarded types.
The last time a Rock Python was found in the Eastern Cape remained in 1927.
“It is sad that a snake of that size was killed. It was a healthy female in mint condition.”
Marshall said opportunities are that the snake was inadvertently carried into the province on the back of a truck, kept as an animal, or that a population had actually gone undiscovered.
