Python abandoned in cramped cage

An African python has been left in a cramped and rusty cage in an abandoned villa in Abu Dhabi's Karama Area, Gulf News has discovered.

The two-to-three metre long reptile, most likely an African Rock Python, was left in a 1.5 by 1.5 metre cage, affording it little room to move around. The abandoned villa where the animal was left is full of garbage. The python weighs 60 to 80 kilograms.