Do you kill snakes you find in your yard?

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No woods. Nothing but houses and sewage retention ponds in this immediate area.

All the more reason you can take preventative mesaures in your yard, to keep snakes out.

Jason made a good point, that some rattlers are delicate and do not do well when relocated, and that was something i had forgotten about. ( thanks for pointing that out, it should be mentioned to anyone looking to "relocate" snakes from their yards.

Your children playing in a yard where your native species might be hanging out, is not an excuse to kill those snakes. BUT your children would be good enough reason for you take a more proactive role in prevention in the first place.

There is NO reason you cannot find other means in which to protect your children from venomous species other than your own unwillingness to find a better way to protect your children.