A large ball python was seen slinking along the road in Somerville, leading to speculation about whether it is an escaped pet. The snake is white with black and brown patches, measuring approximately 3 to 4 feet long.
From the moment a dog becomes a pet, the collar is part of her new reality. It is the primary marker that this dog "belongs" to someone: the collar holds ID tags with names, phone numbers, and addresses, and it lets strangers know that a wandering pup isn't lost to the world-just misplaced.