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Man fined for taking his snake surfing. - Catherine - 09-19-2023
The man lives on the Gold Coast of Australia. He has a permit to own the snake. He doesn't have a permit to take it surfing. He posted a video of the event and wildlife officers saw it. They didn't think it was appropriate and they came after him. He has been fined $2000.00 dollars.
https://news.sky.com/story/australia-man-who-took-pet-snake-surfing-fined-12964218
I don't think it was a smart move on his part. He is lucky they didn't confiscate the snake.
A lot of snakes like water, but ocean waves are not something they are used to. I don't think the salt water would be good either.
Certainly making it public was not tooo smart.