{"id":600060,"date":"2026-04-22T18:23:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/600060\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:23:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:23:13","slug":"copperhead-rat-snake-captured-near-huntersville-homes-see-photos-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/600060\/","title":{"rendered":"Copperhead, rat snake captured near Huntersville homes: See photos here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">The video above is a live stream of WBTV and affiliated programming, and may not be directly related to the article below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (WBTV) &#8211; Two snakes \u2014 a copperhead and a rat snake \u2014 were found this week near homes in Huntersville.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/huntersvillepolice\/posts\/pfbid0Mwja5mj5L8HNQFGa8WeT2K4hfEHE7uVWQDPLCt31DtAtRnPbVrgNoGuMzCsDANP6l?rdid=hz0r4yEJZTlg0Ctt#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/huntersvillepolice\/posts\/pfbid0Mwja5mj5L8HNQFGa8WeT2K4hfEHE7uVWQDPLCt31DtAtRnPbVrgNoGuMzCsDANP6l?rdid=hz0r4yEJZTlg0Ctt#\">Huntersville Police Department shared photos<\/a> on Tuesday, April 21, showing an animal services technician safely securing the snakes before relocating them. The photos are at the bottom of this article.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Both calls came in on the same day. Officers noted that as temperatures warm, residents may begin seeing more wildlife in their neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThese animals are a natural and important part of our community,\u201d a spokesperson wrote. \u201cWith a little awareness and respect, we can safely coexist and give them the space they need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Officials encouraged anyone with concerns or anyone who may need help from Animal Services technicians to call CharMeck 311.<\/p>\n<p>Photos of snakes<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Photos shared by the Huntersville Police Department are below.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Animal Services Technician Brittany McManus captures a copperhead and a rat snake near homes...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/H6Z5LPIYYNFQ5GWQHG5V2HEFNI.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Animal Services Technician Brittany McManus captures a copperhead and a rat snake near homes in Huntersville.(Courtesy: Huntersville Police Department)<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WBTV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The video above is a live stream of WBTV and affiliated programming, and may not be directly related&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":600061,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[1147,98715,261117,3729,89326,2255,3,2256,2412,1583,261118,79,17530,120663,201],"class_list":{"0":"post-600060","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-animals","9":"tag-copperhead","10":"tag-huntersville","11":"tag-local","12":"tag-mecklenburg-county","13":"tag-nc","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-north-carolina","16":"tag-photos","17":"tag-police","18":"tag-rat-snake","19":"tag-science","20":"tag-snakes","21":"tag-wbtv","22":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}