Dangerous animals being legally kept as pets in West Berkshire, revealed by new data

There are five different types of dangerous and venomous snakes being kept as pets in West Berkshire.

They are a cottonmouth, a copperhead, a West African Gaboon viper, a western diamondback rattlesnake and a monocled cobra.

As well as this, there are also three Arctic wolves and four northwestern wolves being kept in the district.

International wildlife charity Born Free has released new data revealing the number of dangerous wild animals being kept legally as pets in the UK.

The data revealed all the different licensed animals being kept as pets in each local authority.

Born Free’s survey revealed that over 2,700 dangerous wild animals are licensed to be kept privately in Great Britain, and there may be many more being kept without a licence.