A poisonous bite leads German police to a snake farm

German police said Sunday they have discovered more than 110 dangerous snakes on a farm, after a woman who lived there sought medical treatment for a venomous bite.

The 35-year-old had driven to a hospital in Salzgitter, near Hanover, early Sunday and told doctors there that one of her rattlesnakes had bitten her finger.
As the woman’s condition deteriorated and authorities hastily requested an antidote to a specialist institute in Hamburg, police visited the farm in central Germany and found dozens of snakes.

Police said in a statement that specialists determined that the group of snakes included venomous and venomous species that were not found in suitable animal husbandry.