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Article: WOMAN BITTEN BY PET VIPER DIES.(News)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- September 13, 2004
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Byline: Post staff report
North College Hill police enlisted the help of Cincinnati zookeepers Saturday to retrieve 23 reptiles, including 10 venomous snakes, from the home of a woman who died after being bitten by her pet viper.
Alexandria N. Hall, 44, was bitten by her Urutu pit viper on or about Sept. 6 while she was cleaning its cage, police said. She died Saturday at University Hospital.
Hall initially was treated at Mercy Hospital Fairfield and later was transferred to University Hospital, police said. Police could not say if she was bitten on Sept. 6.
Three herpetologists from the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden accompanied ...