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There's a Python on President Street in Park Slope: 311 Complaint

By  John Ness James Fanelli and Nigel Chiwaya | June 10, 2015 3:43pm 

Something long and scaly slithered through Park Slope, and the locals didn’t like it, according to city reports.

In September 2014, a 311 “dangerous wildlife” complaint was reported at the corner of 6th Avenue and President Street, according to data obtained by DNAinfo New York.

“There Is People In Front Of The Stoop And They Have A Python,” the report read. “It Is Scray. [sic] They Can Not Have It As A Pet It Is Illegal.” (Complaints like these can be submitted through an online form.)

Indeed, pythons are illegal to own as pets in city. As DNAinfo’s James Fanelli explains:

They’re among a long list of animals — from bears and tigers to pythons and snakes to pigs and falcons — that the city Health Department has banned as pets.

Despite the broad ban, illegal animals keep popping up in the urban jungle. The city’s 311 system received 251 complaints between Jan. 1, 2014, and Jan. 31, 2015, about residents harboring prohibited pets, according to records obtained by DNAinfo through a Freedom of Information Law request.

You can find all the reports — including a number of farm animals just west of 4th Avenue, on the map below.

Fanelli’s FOIL request turned up no complaints about a pregnant tarantula in South Slope, but if you’ve seen any of the animals listed above, tell us about them in the comments or on Neighborhood Square.