{"id":820204,"date":"2026-07-23T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/820204\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T05:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T05:30:00","slug":"python-rescue-in-mississauga-snake-recovering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/820204\/","title":{"rendered":"Python Rescue in Mississauga: Snake recovering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Animal services officers in Mississauga recently encountered a slithery situation when responding to a call.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">On July 13, Mississauga Animal Services (MAS) were advised of a python trapped inside the engine compartment of a vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cAfter a resident called a mechanic, our team arrived and one officer reached into the engine,\u201d they said in a post on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cTo everyone\u2019s shock, the python calmly climbed right onto their arm for a safe rescue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The snake was dehydrated, they said, and had a \u201cfew minor scratches,\u201d but was otherwise okay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It is now recovering at the Mississauga Animal Shelter and getting proper care, animal services said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cCalls like this show how ready our officers are for anything, from pets to exotic animals, all to keep our community safe,\u201d said MAS. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Animal services officers in Mississauga recently encountered a slithery situation when responding to a call. On July 13,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":820205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194297],"tags":[712,49,48,55405],"class_list":["post-820204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mississauga","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mississauga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=820204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/820205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}