GALLATIN ST. NW, 600 block, March 18. A Washington Humane Society officer removed a boa constrictor from an abandoned apartment. The owner had moved out early in the month, and a company hired to clean the apartment had found the snake but accidentally turned off its heat lamp, which can be lethal to coldblooded animals. No food was left for the reptile, although snakes are usually fed once a month. The animal was without heat for about a day. It was taken to the society’s shelter and adopted. The case was under investigation.