Rattlesnake Round Up

[Hulihzack]

There used to be a lot of buffalo too... I'm not a fan of repeating history.

[lusciousdragon]

I try to avoid wearing any dead animal on my body. What I already have I will wear, but I don't add to it. So I won't be wearing any rattle snake skin stuff. I can't stand the alligator heads that they use as decorations for things.
It is good that they at least eat the meat and milk them first. I agree with that. Plus the population could go crazy like it does with deer. If they didn't kill the deer they would starve and there would be too many hit by cars. They must believe that too many snakes will hurt too many people. It isn't a problem of there not being enough food for them is it? Plus we have to remember that lots of people see snakes as an evil demon thing. So they might enjoy banishing the devil.
They did an episode on The Simpsons about this snake roundup. Lisa talks the town into believe it is wrong. The snakes were really cute in it.
On a side note, my exhusband had a rattlesnake. It was small and nasty and would bash its head into the aquarium everytime someone walked by it. Trying to strike anything it saw moving. I couldn't stand that thing. It was scary. So one night I had a dream it was biting me. So I was hitting it to keep it from biting me. It was an awful nightmare. So in the morning I get up and come downstairs to find that it is dead. Just died over night. I think I dreamed it to death. I did feel sorry for the poor thing. He just didn't want to be there and it wasn't his fault.

[tiny_tiger60978]

there used to be a lot of buffalo too... I'm not a fan of repeating history.

lol!!!!

[tiny_tiger60978]

On a side note, my exhusband had a rattlesnake. It was small and nasty and would bash its head into the aquarium everytime someone walked by it. Trying to strike anything it saw moving. I couldn't stand that thing. It was scary. So one night I had a dream it was biting me. So I was hitting it to keep it from biting me. It was an awful nightmare. So in the morning I get up and come downstairs to find that it is dead. Just died over night. I think I dreamed it to death. I did feel sorry for the poor thing. He just didn't want to be there and it wasn't his fault.

WTF??? That's kinda wierd...spooky. Don't have dreams about anyone on this site okay? (JK)

[Clint Bundy]

If they ae using the meat for food and using the venom for medicine to help save people's lives then it's ok in my book. I do not feel sorry for the people who think they have to show off by abusing the snake to look cool before they kill it that get bit. I personally feel that they deserve it.

[Valentine Pirate]

As far as snakeskin products go, I don't care for it especially. I think wearing fur and reptile skin is kind of tacky to be honest xD but hey, to each their own. I'd love to have a wallet from a nicely patterned snake or something, but I wouldn't want anything from a protected species.

And to clarify, I'm not for the eradication of rattlesnakes, or anything for that matter (except for maybe starlings, annoying buggers) but as long as the populations are healthy, then there isn't really a problem. Just like there are tons of deer hunted, but my dad and step-mother can easily see 3-15 every day in the burbs eating everyone's roses -.-'

[tiny_tiger60978]

I personally feel that they deserve it.

Who deserves what???

[Clint Bundy]

The people who prance around and try to show off to the crowd before they kill a rattle snake. If you think that boosting your own ego and abusing an animal in the process is cool then so be it. You have a sad life in my book. But if you get bit while showing off then you deserve it.

[XIIIPythons]

there is so many ways you can look at this. we hate humans for gathering 1000's of snakes to eat,kill,skin. yet we gather up 1000's of mice to store in are freezers to feed our pets( i know most are bred to be taken) but they are still a breathing animal....... its like saying poor dolphins they get tangled in the tuna nets and die. but everyone forgets about the poor tuna who is being harvested. i think it is wrong, but as long as the population on snakes is staying where it should or rising its ok.. b/c if you take away the round up. its only fair to take away hunting and fishing. i believe it started off as a population control method and blew up from there.

[ClarkT]

Boy, if it's not clear enough after the explanation of mice for our snakes, I don't know what could make it more clear.

Well said!