HALIFAX AND TORONTO – The four-metre python that killed Connor and Noah Barthe was sleeping right beside them, says a friend of the snake’s owner. African Rock Pythons are prohibited in New Brunswick.

A python escaped its enclosure Tuesday at the Blue Zoo inside the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge, according to the St. George Fire Department. The fire department is assisting Baton Rouge City ...

The killing of young brothers Connor and Noah Barthe by an African rock python while they slept amounts to "a tragic accident," but not criminal negligence, the defence lawyer for the snake's owner ...