Do you kill snakes you find in your yard?

[Seneschal]

I voted no. We live in NE Florida right by swamps and several state parks. Inevitably, we end up with snakes on our property. I don't see the point of killing them, since because of where we are, more will always come anyways. Indeed, I enjoy finding snakes! Even the venomous ones. I've lived in areas with venomous snakes my whole life, and my family just taught us to recognize and avoid venomous snakes, and to keep an eye on where we walk. As for snakes in our yard; we usually just keep the dog inside if we see them, and wait for them to go away on their own. For a while we had a black racer camping out in our garage eating toads, lol.

Whenever I'm walking in the woods, I carry a stick to prod the ground ahead of me, and to lightly poke at any brush where a snake might be hiding so that I will give them plenty of warning to get out of the way, and I watch what I'm doing. So far, I've had no problems. I do relocate any herp I find in the road, and take it into the woods to release. That includes a coral snake, and, I suppose, would include any other venomoid, if I had the safety equipment necessary to move it.

I can understand the fear of your animals or children finding them, and it's really up to each individual to assess each individual situation to find the best possible solution. I, personally, don't like to think of killing an animal as a solution at all, but that's just me. I don't know how I missed this thread, lol! In any case, while I don't like hearing the "yes" answers, I also cannot condemn them. Unless, of course, they're killing animals that don't pose a danger just because they don't like them. :/ I would argue with someone who did that, lol.