Harboring dangerous animals Troy, MI (US) Incident Date: Wednesday, Mar 7, 2001 County: Oakland Local Map: available Disposition: Dismissed Case Images: 2 files available Person of Interest: Robert Kolosowski Case Updates: 1 update(s) available

Case ID: 1423 Classification: Hoarding Animal: captive exotic, reptile View more cases in MI (US) Login to Watch this Case

Police searched a Troy home on Falcon Street for drugs and found caged animals, tanks full of snakes and alligators and tarantulas.

The home zoo included cages in the basement, aquariums from floor to ceiling in the living room and tarantulas in an upstairs bedroom.

Employees from the Detroit Zoo and the Michigan Humane Society identified and removed the animals; 14 snakes including venomous cobras, a diamond back rattler and an 8-foot-long bone-crushing anaconda, 3 tarantulas, 2 crocodiles, 4 alligators, 2 dwarf caimans (alligators from Central/South America), 2 large cats (a Serval and Caracal, both related to the lynx family.  10 turtles, 2 rottwilers and a dachshund were left in the home.

The Humane Society will care for the animals until the case is resolved.  If they receive ownership, the animals will be placed in a zoo or private sanctuary.  The curator of herpetology at the Detroit Zoo agreed to take 17 animals including 3 species of cobra, a rattlesmake, 2 baby crocodiles, 3 anacodas and 3 tarantulas.

Kolosowski was charged under Troy's dangerous animals ordinance but there is no state law prohibiting owning of the animals.  He was also charged with possession of Ecstasy and marijuana and animal cruelty.  As a condition of his bond, Kolosowski cannot take any mood-altering drugs, must undergo random drug tests and not to keep exotic animals.

Possion of Ecstasy is a felony, punishable by up to 2 years in prison and a $2000 fine.  Marijuana possesion is a misdemeanor, punishable by a year in jail and a $2000 fine.  The animal cruelty charges are misdemeanors, punishable by up to 90 days in jail and a $500 fine.

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