Animal control officers on Thursday discovered a congregation of alligators and a nest of venomous snakes inside a Thousand Oaks home where twice in the last three years a cobra has gotten loose and terrorized neighbors, officials said. Hoping to avoid another incident, animal control officers and local authorities served search warrants Thursday morning on a property in Thousand Oaks and a rural address just outside the city limits. Inside a murky pool on the Thousand Oaks property, officers found eight crocodilians, each 2 to 3 feet long, Barre said. County animal control director Marcia Mayeda said they were American alligators. Elsewhere on the property a nest of snakes, some venomous, were found, Barre said.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 06, 2017 19:50 UTC