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HISS-TERICAL MOM OF 9: DON’T TAKE MY SNAKE
By Linda Massarella New York Post Correspondent
MONTREAL - A Canadian mom was on the lam yesterday after authorities threatened to take her nine kids away unless she hands over a 20-foot Burmese python she keeps in her British Columbia home.
"I won't let them take my children and I won't let them take my pet," a tearful Kerry-Anne Koop, 36, said in a phone call from her hiding place yesterday.
Authorities got involved after they saw a video of the 140-pound snake slithering freely in her living room, wrapping itself around her 18-month-old son while her 9-month-old baby sucked on its tail.
Koop made the home movie as an educational tool to teach elementary-school children how great a pet a snake can be. But the move backfired when a local TV station aired the footage.
"Reptiles and children don't mix," said Brendan Flynn, a regional manager with Canada's Ministry for Children and Family Development.
He said Koop's behavior is negligent because the wild python could easily squeeze one of her children to death or the baby could contract salmonella poisoning from licking it. But Koop, who dropped off some of her children with a friend Monday before she went into hiding with the snake, insists her pet, Boaz, is safe and clean.
"I am afraid for his life," she said, explaining that she won't hand over Boaz because he's in the process of shedding his skin. "He could get pneumonia. It's just that they're really sensitive at that time and their system kind of shuts down a bit," she said, adding that the process is much the same as humans suffering the flu.
Koop and her husband, Daniel, have nine children - three toddlers, three adopted children and three from her husband's previous relationship.
She rescued Boaz from near death after an acquaintance left it on her doorstep in the middle of the night four years ago. Since then, she's been taking the snake to elementary and high schools to educate students about animal abuse, protection and hygiene.
"There's no way the school system would let me in, if he wasn't safe," she said. (End of story).
Poor guy, this woman’s husband, a real loser, married to this woman, you can imagine the kind of life they (he) live …
Husband: “Come on honey, it’s midnight already, aren’t you going to come to bed after all!?!?
Wifey (from the end of the last room): “Oh, dear, why can’t you wait a little? (To herself) Poor baby! Snakey is cold and lonely … but don’t you worry, I’ll be with you … as soon as I’m finished with him.
Husband: “That silly reptile is taking all her time, again and again and again!!! Enough is enough! … I better get rid of it now, once and for all! … Where is my ax?
