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Authorities seize nearly 100 reptiles

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By ABC11
Thursday, August 13, 2009
WAYNESVILLE, N.C. Authorities seized 93 snakes and other animals. Police fined 35-year-old Allen Rivera $300 for violating Haywood County's animal control ordinance.

The animals were returned to Rivera, but police ordered him to move the animals out of state. According to police, Rivera took the animals to a business he owns in South Carolina.

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