Woah! 13 exotic animals were found and removed from a Crown Heights public housing apartment this weekend. This clearly was illegal and down right dangerous. Read more below.

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Police on Friday confiscated alligators, snakes and other exotic pets illegally being held at a public housing unit in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

The NYPD said it came across the animals at the Weeksville Houses on Dean Street while executing an unrelated search warrant.

Animal Care & Control was then called in to remove one boa constrictor, five pythons, two bearded dragons, two alligators, a gecko, a scorpion and a tarantula.

It is against New York City Housing Authority rules to have these pets, but no arrests were made, according to police.

“Most of the animals removed were illegal,” said Richard Gentles, a spokesman with Animal Care & Control. “They have since been placed with an [organization] that specializes in their care.”

The ASPCA says that keeping exotic pets is “bad for the animals, bad for us and bad for the environment.”

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