Noah Barthe

• New Brunswick set to introduce exotic animal legislation after young brothers’ deaths

  New Brunswick is introducing legislation to regulate owning exotic animals, four years after two young brothers were killed by a python in Campbellton.

  Canada

  Oct 31, 2017
  
• Python owner found not guilty in deaths of New Brunswick boys

  A jury has found Jean-Claude Savoie not guilty of criminal negligence causing death after his African rock python escaped its enclosure in August 2013 and killed two young New Brunswick boys.

  Canada

  Nov 9, 2016
  
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• New Brunswick python trial put to jury to decide fate of man accused of negligence

  The jury in the trial of a man whose African rock python killed two young New Brunswick boys has been told to reach its verdict without "sympathy, prejudice or fear."

  Crime

  Nov 9, 2016
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• N.B. python trial hears closing arguments; case set to go to jury Wednesday

  A snake expert from Florida has testified he's "in disbelief" that a large African rock python was able to escape its enclosure through a ventilation duct and kill two small New Brunswick boys.

  Crime

  Nov 8, 2016
• ‘Smell of food would really excite’ python, reptile expert tells N.B. trial

  The Crown is expected to call its final witness Monday as the criminal negligence trial in the deaths of two young New Brunswick brothers killed by an escaped python begins its second week.

  Crime

  Nov 7, 2016
• Juror dismissed in python deaths trial as Crown prepares to call final witness

  The Crown was expected to call its final witness in the trial of Jean-Claude Savoie, but the proceedings were adjourned without hearing testimony

  Crime

  Nov 4, 2016
• Python ‘coiled’ around N.B. brothers, repeatedly bit them, negligence trial told

  The trial of a man charged in the deaths of two young New Brunswick boys, who were suffocated by a python, heard emotional testimony from their mother on Wednesday.

  Canada

  Nov 3, 2016
• Mother of N.B. boys killed by python: ‘I thought they would be safe’

  Testimony continues Wednesday in the jury trial of a man charged in the deaths of two young New Brunswick boys who were suffocated by a python.

  Canada

  Nov 2, 2016
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• Python ‘growled,’ lunged after killing two N.B. boys, Mountie tells trial

  The trial of a man accused of criminal negligence causing death of two young boys who were killed by a python is now underway in New Brunswick.

  Canada

  Nov 1, 2016
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• More Canadians keeping exotic pets, experts worried

  Owning exotics animals is a growing trend in Canada, according to animal welfare activists, who blame a patchwork of outdated and inconsistent laws and bylaws.

  Canada

  Oct 3, 2016