Recommend this article  By Zelie Pollon  SANTA FE, New Mexico
(Reuters) - Animal control officials confiscated 31 venomous
snakes, two tarantulas, two black widow spiders and about 10
scorpions from an Albuquerque apartment, an official involved
with the collection said on Friday.  Following an anonymous tip,
animal welfare officials were called to the apartment on
Thursday.  The reptiles they found were primarily rattlesnakes,
which are commonly found in New Mexico, but also included
several cobras, including the cape cobra, "which is probably the
most venomous of all the cobras," said Doug Hotle, curator of
herpetology at the Albuquerque BioPark.  Hotle, who was called
in to help collect the snakes, said the owner did not have the
proper permits required to keep such a large number of snakes
nor to keep animals such as the cobra that are not native to New
Mexico. The city of Albuquerque allows residents to keep up to
14 exotic or wild animals without a permit.  "These are animals
for which the hospital is n