Reptile Abuse Video on Huffpost

[Bluebonnet Herp]

I'm quite against wildlife pursecution, and watching an animal suffer or be killed is never pleasurable for me. That said, I'm not against hunting or killing humanely. In my book, pursecution should only be necessary should the animal have already injured or killed a human, be a herbivorous game animal, or be one largely invasive. (e.g. European sparrow and wild hogs)
Animals, more often than not, are not as threatening as people make them to be. (Even the dogs that kill ~15 people a year) Once you've spotted a venomous snake, and you aren't playing jackass with it, you're relatively safe. The people who get bitten are the ones who either step on them unknowingly or they're the ones who decide they need to kill or tamper with them. However, as with any snake (as we would know) doing something to irritate it would lead up to a bite.
So when you spot a venomous snake, alert those around you, and either leave it alone, or, if it is in a location that could lead to conflict, such as an urban setting, call a wildlife remover or animal control and have them relocate it.
Killing an animal because you think it's dangerous isn't right, nor is killing it out of hatred and possibly using the above appropriate situations as excuses. (e.g. people killed Burmese pythons because they're snakes; not because they're invasive. People typically don't give a dam about invasive animals, or else boars and dogs would be gone a long time ago.) The last thing we need is for snakes, or any other inherently "dangerous" animal, to go down the same road Tasmanian devils did.
Final points: Wildlife should be observed, hunted responsibly, occasionally collected, and ultimately respected, but not abused or murdered for no good reason. Whatever you do with an animal, or even a person, be respectful in your decisions, in your word, and in your action. Help make this planet a less crappy place.