ksl.com - Officials: Escaped pet python strangled Fla. child
OXFORD, Fla. (AP) - A pet Burmese python measuring more than 8 feet long broke out of a terrarium and strangled a 2-year-old girl in her bedroom Wednesday at a central Florida home, authorities said. Shaiunna Hare was already dead when paramedics arrived at about 10 a.m., Lt. Bobby Caruthers of the Sumter County Sheriff's Office said.
Apparently the owner didn't have a permit for the python.