Why would someone do this?

[Kaorte]

I agree with dealing with uneducated people putting animals out in inhumane conditions completely. but i am still lacking the ability to find freezing t death to be a painless process that's all.

Actually hypothermia is not all -that- unpleasant. You actually start to feel warm and sleepy towards the end.

That being said, snakes don't go through hypothermia. The colder they get, the slower their body operates. After a while it just gets so slow that it just stops.

I would rather freeze to death than be eaten alive.