Animal neglect charges are possible against a man who recently re-located to Clay County, Minnesota from Florida. Not sure what to do with his 32 snakes, he stashed them in his storage unit near Dilworth. Not a happy ending for the reptiles.

Henry Atherton is charged with felony mistreatment of animals by torture. Authorities found 32 dead snakes in a storage locker near Dilworth last week. According to the criminal complaint, the 49-year-old told investigators he bought the snakes in Florida and intended to sell them.

Scott Nellis has been breeding snakes, lizards – and the rodents he feeds them – at his home in Coon Rapids for 16 years. He's got nearly 300. Now neighbors are complaining and the city has introduced a new ordinance that seeks to limit domestic animals to 12. Nellis said the snakes are his hobby and he keeps it all indoors.

Fueled by the popularity of the A&E TV show "Storage Wars," bargain-hunters and gawkers are flocking to auctions of storage units that have been abandoned or have fallen into delinquency. In Brainerd, auctions that used to draw 40 people now attract 250.

A man and woman are each facing 34 counts of animal cruelty and mistreatment after police removed dogs, horses, chickens, a goat, rabbits and pheasants from their property in Bigfork Township. Police reportedly found dead deer carcasses, and dogs and horses tied to the ground without adequate shelter or water.

The clinic has received a $2.5 million grant to study the possibility of using snake venom to reduce the damage from heart attacks.