The red-bellied black snake that is suspected to have killed two pet dogs in a Bulli backyard on November 11, 2023. Video by Illawarra Snake Catcher
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00:00 Afternoon guys, just doing a release, I didn't want to film this snake that I caught on Hospital Hill Road at the Bulleye, just up from the hospital.
00:10 Yesterday, apparently there was two little dogs that were killed in the yard, we only got home to find these two little dogs in the backyard which were passed or dead, unfortunately, passed away.
00:22 With snake bite, they were only little Maltese cross pugs I think, but today in the same yard in a pile of timber, this guy emerged, so we're thinking this is the culprit.
00:35 But I'm surprised that both dogs were bitten and this snake hasn't got one little injury on him, so I'm thinking maybe there could have been another snake, but this was right next to where the dogs were found.
00:49 Either the snake got lucky and the dog didn't bite the snake, it just seems a bit weird if both dogs had been bitten, so not sure.
01:02 But yeah, didn't want to film that catch, bit insensitive I thought, but yeah the owner is pretty relieved the snake's gone, so he lives to fight another day.
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