Scaly thief steals 100 chickens and ducks from farm in northeast Thailand

A four-metre-long python was caught red-handed stealing poultry from a farm in Udon Thani province in northeast Thailand yesterday. The fat snake devoured nearly 100 chickens and ducks in total, causing significant damage to the farmer.

The farmer, 58 year old Chaiwichit Sarito, was dumbstruck when chickens and ducks kept going missing from his farm day in and day out. The eggs were perpetually gnawed at too, he added. At first, Chaiwichit said he thought the culprit could be the next-door neighbour’s dog.

Nearly 100 animals went missing from the coup until yesterday, Chaiwichit finally understood what was happening. Unusually, the roosters were cockadoodle doo-ing loudly last night before Chaiwichit saw a frightened duck flee out of the coup and land in the pond.

The farmer’s jaw dropped when he walked into the coup to see a giant python hanging from the…