Cash-strapped government spends 10,000 pounds on a dead snake

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Cash-strapped government spends 10,000 pounds on a dead snake

LONDON (Reuters) - Foreign Office spent 10,000 pounds to re-stuff the corpse of a giant 120-year-old snake, at a time when government departments are being told to rein in spending. In response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request from political blog Guido Fawkes, the Foreign Office said the 20 foot anaconda - called Albert - had been in poor condition and required "essential maintenance". "Albert the anaconda was allegedly presented by a Bishop, in what is now Guyana, to the Colonial Secretary in the 19th century", the Foreign Office said. ...

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