a california 6th grade teacher has been chargedwith animal cruelty after police found he was hoarding hundreds of mice, rats and snakesin his home. fifty-three-year-old william buchman is nowin custody after investigators found more than 400 snakes inside stacked floor-to-ceilingin cages. officials also located about 50 rats and mice roaming buchman'sâ house. (viakcbs)
how do you keep snakes away from your home, the los angeles times reports buchman wasa snake breeder. police raided his home after receiving reports over the past year fromneighbors complaining of a foul smell. "the stench is overwhelming (flash) what'sthat smell? i was like, 'it smells like something's dead.'"â (via ktvk)kabc reports the animals had not been cared
for — half the snakes were dead and therodents became cannibals. according to investigators, buchman started hoarding the animals afterhis mother passed away in 2011. it took investigators more than anâ hour toclear just one room of the house. they say the snakes were kept in four of the five bedrooms.as for his students, the orange county register reports one thought buchmanâ "seemed normalbut creepy,"â because he would reportedly
bringâ snakes into the classroom.â and the live animals — they have been transported to a veterinarian hospital where they arereceiving treatment and will be given to new homes, zoos and schools. (viaâ knbc)police are also investigating whetherâ buchmanâ had beenâ breeding the snakes without a license.
