pets

He runs his tongue down a newly forged blade before slashing the throat of one of his pets and stabbing another to test its sharpness.

Hence that popular plea to obtain pets from a rescue or shelter instead of a breeder or pet store: "Adopt, Don't Shop."

Some dropped off at Buttercups were taken on as pets but the owners found them too difficult to look after, or they lost interest, he said.

He told ABC News he released the snake back into the wild "well away from houses, people and pets".

Tiffany Haddish names her pets after things she wishes she could have more of.