Police safely remove rat snake from Cape Coral neighbor's home

A Cape Coral police officer holds a yellow rat snake in his hands after removing it safely from a neighbor’s home. Credit: Cape Coral Police Department.

Cape Coral police officers responded to a home for an animal call, where they say they removed a yellow rat snake Saturday.

According to CCPD’s Facebook post, police were on scene along the 3000 block of Surfside, where a 4-foot, yellow rat snake was caught and safely removed.

“The rat snake made friends with Lieutenant Coston before being relocated,” CCPD mentioned in its post.

CCPD Lt. Coston holds a snake he helped removed from a neighbor’s home. in Cape Coral.

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