Bangkok has a python problem. Here's what one firefighter is doing to snag the slithering creatures making headlines for regurgitating a grown dog and popping out of homeowners' showers.
Bangkok Snake Wranglers in Action
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A nearby rescue station delivers snakes they caught within the week to Khun Pinyo for release, Feb. 28, 2016. (Z. Aung/VOA)
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A 3-meter long Python being captured from the small garden of a resident’s compound in Bang Ken district, Bangkok, Feb. 28, 2016. (Z. Aung/VOA)
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Khun Pinyo explaining to a resident about the Banded Rat Snake (non-venomous) captured inside her compound, Feb. 28, 2016. (Z. Aung/VOA)
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VOA videographer Zinlat Aung recording firemen preparing to free a reticulated python which was captured in Bangkok, Feb. 28, 2016. (S. Herman/VOA)