SHIRLEY, N.Y. — A Long Island animal control officer found with more than 850 snakes in his garage is moving them to a storage facility until he can open his own store.
An attorney for Richard Parrinello tells Newsday that his client is deciding among three properly zoned locations.
He says moving the reptiles is difficult because it’s the end of their breeding season, when female snakes care for their eggs.
The town of Brookhaven says Parrinello is cooperating but has four weeks to get the snakes out of his garage.
