Biggest Python Snake in Bohol
Posted in Advisory, Announcements, Holidays on 12/07/2009 03:20 am by janicav
I’ve never gotten the idea of having to stand beside a snake , let alone stay with it in a cage. Snakes slithers and gives me goosebumps. In the recent facts, snakes has been famous and well known as props and others. But despite these changes, snakes are still considered dangerous and venomous. Located and placed in a small sanctuary in Bohol is a Python famous for its size and has been known as the Living Anaconda in Bohol.
Just a few hundred meters is a Python sanctum which is 5 years old in existence with a length of approximately 23 feet and an estimated weight of about 300 kg. The biggest python in captivity ever known. Named after its captor, Prony, it loves to eat during feeding time. The winding barangay road leading to the sanctuary and the majestic sights along the course keeps one feel the prime of nature.
The Animal Kingdom Federation, Inc. (AKFI), a SEC registered, non-profit and non-stock animal welfare organization registered with the Animal Welfare Division of the Bureau of Animal Industry recently vowed to build an animal sanctuary here. The AKFI made this commitment after hearing reports on the 23-foot long python locally called baksan, owned by Sofronio Salibay in Barangay Sta. Filomena, has been fed with stray dogs.
Although there has been a complain that they are violating the Republic Act No. 8485, otherwise known as the Animal Welfare Act. The mayor made some agreements and made an alterntive way of feeding it.The python has also attracted locals and foreigners to visit this enormous snake at Bohol. Personally I think it is very huge and could attack anyone near it. The animal has now attracted people and every year has been visited.