Overview

• A 58-year-old resident found the roughly 2.5-metre constrictor on a compost heap on Heimstättenweg in Herford on August 18 around 3 p.m.
• Police and a specially trained Tierpark staffer secured the animal and transferred it to appropriate custodial care.
• The Kreispolizeibehörde Herford says the snake appears to be a Boa Constrictor based on initial assessment.
• Authorities have not determined how the reptile reached the garden and are seeking information about its origin or owner at 05221/888-0.
• The incident adds to a series of recent German reports involving large exotic snakes that have prompted coordinated animal-welfare and public-safety responses.