Kevin Peters - FaunaClassifieds
FaunaClassifieds  
  Tired of those Google and InfoLink ads? Upgrade Your Membership!
  Inside FaunaClassifieds » Photo Gallery  
 

Go Back   FaunaClassifieds > Reptile & Amphibian - Business Forums > Board of Inquiry®

Notices

Board of Inquiry® This forum is provided exclusively for the discussion of specific persons or businesses in the herp industry.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 05-08-2004, 08:15 PM   #1
Amos
Kevin Peters

For those of you who havent seen this yet.



MODESTO BEE (California) 07 May 04 Package turns out to hold deadly
spitting cobra (Julissa McKinnon)
Manteca: A black, venom-spitting cobra is one package Angela Cuellar
refused to handle. One minute the United Parcel Service storekeeper
was lending a customer a box-cutter.
The next, Cuellar was staring at a viper lashing against the plastic
cage that contained it.
The snake that emerged in her store April 30 was a "black-necked
spitting cobra," a venomous species native to the dry grasslands of
Africa. The viper spits a paralyzing venom to stun its prey -- a
poison that can cause blindness and be life-threatening to humans,
according to information on several cobra Web sites.
The snake that visited the UPS store was originally sent to zoology
buff Kevin Peters of Manteca from a snake vendor in South Carolina.
The serpent was tightly packed into a 3-inch-high, 8-inch-square
plastic container that was dripping with venom, Cuellar said.
Peters was almost as stunned as Cuellar to find one of the world's
most deadly snakes inside the box. Peters had ordered two nonvenomous
pythons online, not a cobra, according to Manteca police.
"When I saw it I got freaked out. I wanted to jump into the rafters.
It gave me the chills," Cuellar said. "I've seen snakes dead and
stuffed, but when you see one moving all over the place and spitting,
that's where I have to draw the line."
Five police cars, three ambulances and two animal control trucks
rushed to the UPS store to extract the serpent from the busy shopping
plaza on South Main Street.
Manteca's Animal Control stored the viper in a cardboard box for
about two hours before the Department of Fish and Game picked it up,
said animal control officer Cindy Schick.
Peters was given the option of donating the snake to a zoo, giving it
up for research or having it destroyed. He chose the latter,
according to Fish and Game Capt. Dennis DeAnda.
The snake's body is being held for evidence.
Venomous snakes are one of thousands of exotic species outlawed in
California.
The shipment of the cobra also violated the federal Lacey Act that
forbids the import, export, transport, sale, or receipt of any
illegally acquired wildlife, according to Manteca police. The
misdemeanor is punishable with up to one year in prison and $5,000 in
fines, he said.
DeAnda declined to disclose the sender's name because he said the
incident is still under investigation.
Meanwhile, Cuellar said she's still having nightmares about snakes,
reminiscent of the horror flick "Anaconda."
"Every time someone walks in with a package, let me tell you
something, I'm watching," Cuellar said.
Tara Gonzales, the DHL-Airborne Express courier who delivered the
package, said she dropped off the box without ever suspecting a live
animal lurked within -- a violation of Airborne Express rules, she
said.
It wasn't until stopping at the UPS store to load the afternoon mail
that Gonzales learned from Cuellar that she had delivered a viper.
"The weird thing is I didn't even know what I had delivered. It's
kind of scary," Gonzales said, pausing a moment before running to her
mail truck. "I'm more cautious. I pay more attention to what I'm
putting in my van now."



Trey Small
 
Old 05-08-2004, 08:19 PM   #2
DThomas
Kevin Allen Peters did not know a Cobra was in the box, riiiiiiight.
 
Old 05-08-2004, 10:05 PM   #3
reptichic911
unbelievable

Quote:
Originally posted by DThomas
Kevin Allen Peters did not know a Cobra was in the box, riiiiiiight.

It sounds Kevin Allen Peters may also "may-be" planning a law suit?
Anyway this sort of publicity isn't good for any of us.
 
Old 05-08-2004, 10:59 PM   #4
The BoidSmith
Angry

Quote:
Anyway this sort of publicity isn't good for any of us.
You are absolutely right Rebecca. In my opinion one thoughtless action like this one makes a lot more damage to the herpetological community than maybe dozens of bad deals.

Quote:
UPS store worker Angela Cuellar holds a box like the one that arrived in her store containing a venomous spitting cobra last Friday. Poisonous snakes are among things UPS won't ship.
Attached Images
 
 
Old 05-08-2004, 11:04 PM   #5
The BoidSmith
One other thing Trey. You may want to e-mail one of the moderators and ask them to change the title of this thread. As it is right now the readers don't know what it is about without opening it first. Maybe something along the lines "Kevin Peters received a cobra through UPS" ?

Kindly.
 
Old 05-08-2004, 11:37 PM   #6
supertiger
Thet stupid freakin idiot !!! I wonder who sent it to him. Hes an idiot too. 1 for sending it and 2 for dealing with that lowlife!!!!
 
Old 05-09-2004, 12:02 AM   #7
Ken Harbart
lschwall @dfg.ca.gov
pdmanteca@aol.com
AnimalControl@ci.manteca.ca.us
 
Old 05-09-2004, 12:55 AM   #8
HerpVenue
Quote:
UPS store worker Angela Cuellar holds a box like the one that arrived in her store containing a venomous spitting cobra last Friday. Poisonous snakes are among things UPS won't ship.
That is one tiny box.



Also,
shipped from South Carolina huh?
I am willing to bet my left basketBALLS that it came from.......oh nevermind

All I know is I e-mailed the addys Ken listed.

It would be good to see them catch the person who sent it.
SPECIALLY if it was the person I think sent it. If it was the same person......BIG HEAVY DUDE will finally get some real Jail time (hopefully). But I have no proof it was him. So I will just hope for now.

Anyway keep us updated
 
Old 05-09-2004, 12:57 AM   #9
Amos
heres what I sent to his local P.D

Dont let him fool ya he knew the spitter was in the box! Kevin is a very well known liar and scam artist.He attemped to get me to ship Monocle and Indian cobras to him.First he wants me to ship them Fed ex to oreagan so he could pick them up there and take them to CA.I am a former law enforcement officer and I picked up on his lies right away!There are 30 or so prob more respected herpers who have been ripped off by him.He offers snakes for sale and gets the money and never sends the snake.PLEASE !!! Look at this link go to the original board of inquiry and type in Kevin Peters I assure you
that you will have some very interesting reading.He keeps venomous species illegaly and he needs to be stopped.

HERE IS THE LINK http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...s=&forumid=115

Thanks for your time and consideration.
Trey Small
 
Old 05-09-2004, 01:04 AM   #10
Amos
Comon Ritchie...LOL

"I am willing to bet my left basketBALLS that it came from.......oh nevermind"

Does he happen to sell alot of venomoids?I think you might be on the right track if its who I think it is. Common just drop the name LOL

Trey Small
 

Join now to reply to this thread or open new ones for your questions & comments! FaunaClassifieds.com is the largest online community about Reptile & Amphibians, Snakes, Lizards and number one classifieds service with thousands of ads to look for. Registration is open to everyone and FREE. Click Here to Register!

 
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Kevin Peters is going down bigcagereptiles Board of Inquiry® 18 03-04-2018 02:01 PM
Inquirie on Kevin Peters aka cobraman6911 snakebyte2001 Board of Inquiry® 2 03-01-2018 06:38 PM
Kevin Allan Peters, Tracy, CA ZX11 Board of Inquiry® 150 03-01-2018 05:13 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 06:22 AM.







Fauna Top Sites


Powered by vBulletin® Version
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Page generated in 0.05035591 seconds with 11 queries
Content copyrighted ©2002-2022, FaunaClassifieds, LLC