# Dude, you're supposed to control animals, not hoard them.

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**Created:** [September 19, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-youre-supposed-to-control-animals-not-hoard-them/669256 "2013-09-19T20:05:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-youre-supposed-to-control-animals-not-hoard-them/669256/1 "2013-09-19T20:05:35Z")

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[850 snakes found at the home of Brookhaven, NY, animal control offcer.](http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/brookhaven-town-animal-control-officer-had-850-snakes-at-home-1.6103956)

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> Among the creatures found were two 6-foot Burmese pythons, which are illegal in New York.
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> The discovery grew out of a workers’ compensation fraud investigation into whether [Richard] Parrinello was working while on disability leave from his town job, said deputy town attorney David J. Moran.
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> Parrinello had claimed earlier this year that he could not work because of carpal tunnel syndrome in his hands and wrists, town officials said.
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> Parrinello faces possible termination pending a hearing, town officials said.
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> He faces multiple charges of owning the pythons and violating town codes by running a business at his home and without a permit.