North Carolina Criminal Law Blog

When news broke last week that 21-year-old Orange County resident Ali Iyoob had been bitten by his “pet” King Cobra, I had three thoughts.

1. Who has a pet King Cobra?
2. Where does one find a King Cobra to keep as a pet?
3. It can’t be legal to have a King Cobra in your house. Can it?

  The first question is obviously rhetorical. The answer to the second question is: the internet (of course). To answer the third question, I had to do a little research (on the internet, of course).

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