As more and more laws are being piled up, I think it's time that some start looking into seeing what we can do to alter or remove them as what was done in Illinois before we're eventually locked in an animalless society. While an ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure, sometimes it's obviously too late to focus on prevention so we must start planning on how to tackle it with the cure. Whatever it is, if you're like me and you hate seeing this load of bull-honky, it's worth it to try something as opposed to sitting around and doing nothing.
However, as I do not live within WV, my recommendation would be for residents to meet up at local herpetological societies to discuss some sort of game plan as opposed to complaining and accepting a loss.