Can I beat my friend with a shovel?

[Clementine_3]

Why on earth would someone make a point of telling a snake keeper how their cat caught and killed a snake?
She thinks it's funny that her dogs get and kill them and now seems pleased that her cat has joined the action. She is (sorry) a red-neck and comes from a long line of ignorant red-necks, can't tell her anything...what her (ignorant) father told her is the way it is. All snakes are bad and need to be killed.
She lives in the country and has a pond, it's full of water snakes, she has milk snakes, rat snakes and garter snakes around. She thinks nothing of killing them or having the dogs kill them. I have tried, over and over, to explain how stupid that is and to stop, or at least stop telling me about it. Futile effort. She couldn't wait to tell me today how proud she was of her cat for getting a snake.
Why, why on earth would someone make a point of telling a snake keeper how fun it is that their pets (and they) enjoy killing snakes? Why?
Can I beat her silly with a shovel or would that be wrong?

[RR - Mackenzie]

Get a wolf or tiger to go after her

Personally, I think that you shouldn't be her friend.

[Jason Bowden]

Yall have red necks in New York!
Guess you'll have to live with it. It's in her blood.

[Oxylepy]

Get a wolf or tiger to go after her

Personally, I think that you shouldn't be her friend.

That's genius. But dont have them go after here, have them go after her cat. Then brag to her about it.

Seriously, though, if you dont like people doing that then dont talk to them.

[RR - Mackenzie]

That's genius. But dont have them go after here, have them go after her cat. Then brag to her about it.

Seriously, though, if you dont like people doing that then dont talk to them.

HEY!

What about the dogs? They were doing it first.

[dsirkle]

I once had a friend that would brag about killing his neighbor's cats that would wander around loose with anti freeze. He also came from a line of rednecks and it never occurred to him that anyone would find this practice to be objectionable.
He never complained to his neighbors about the cats or admitted to them that he knew anything about their deaths, but he thought that it was funny to watch them stagger and die an agonizing death.
I can empathize with the way that you feel.

[RR - Mackenzie]

I once had a friend that would brag about killing his neighbor's cats that would wander around loose with anti freeze. He also came from a line of rednecks and it never occurred to him that anyone would find this practice to be objectionable.
He never complained to his neighbors about the cats or admitted to them that he knew anything about their deaths, but he thought that it was funny to watch them stagger and die an agonizing death.
I can empathize with the way that you feel.

Oh, wow, that's messed up I'm sorry you had to live near that.

[Oxylepy]

I once had a friend that would brag about killing his neighbor's cats that would wander around loose with anti freeze. He also came from a line of rednecks and it never occurred to him that anyone would find this practice to be objectionable.
He never complained to his neighbors about the cats or admitted to them that he knew anything about their deaths, but he thought that it was funny to watch them stagger and die an agonizing death.
I can empathize with the way that you feel.

And that right there is that serial killer mentality. Great stuff.

[MattU]

I know how that goes. Most people around here think the only good snake is a dead snake. You just either gotta ignore them or try to educate them.

[tonyaltn]

Personaly I would go would go out to the pond with her and catch some snakes, hold some, let her touch them and possibly get her to hold one herself, let her see first hand that arent monsters, would possibly be an educational experience for her, especialy when dealing with wild Snakes since she may have the "its a pet and harmless" mentality if you were to use a Snake from your collection. She may come around, or not, but I think it would be worth the effort if there is a chance you can save a bunch of Snakes.
If that dont work try the Wolves and Tigers thing