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Something is really bugging me
mullet:
They used to have one of the largest Rattlesnake roundups and Gopher Tortoise races in Florida in a small town near here, San Antonio. Now the turtle races are wooden turtles with wheels and they stopped bringing the rattlesnakes in for competition. Now it is more about educational displays. And I remember growing up and seeing those big 8 footer and larger Eastern's and now you are lucky if you see a six footer.
medicinewheel:
Just as an additional information to the topic:
I've always been interested in wildlife, and as a child I watched everything I could about wildlife in foreign parts of the world. I remember seeing several features about the creuelty of these rattlesnake roundups, including the bad environmental impact as well as the useless milking here on German television as far back as 40 years.
mox1968:
a good post.we dont have snakes anywhere in ireland probably too wet here lol, but killing for the sake of killing any creature isnt right especially when the animal is part of an eco system that needs it there to keep it in place.
JackCrafty:
I'm guilty of buying skins by mail order...and I did a little research thanks to this thread.
It seems that opposition to "hunting" during roundups has been around for a while. I was not aware of the use of gasoline, though. The gasoline is definitely a bad idea. I also didn't know that a snakes head lives on for a while after decapitation.
I watched a show some years back of a couple guys catching snakes on the surface using a snake-handler's stick and then putting the snakes in a cloth sack. They took the snakes to the round up and killed the largest ones and let the others go....after they were weighed and measured. Seemed OK.
As far as I can tell, here in Texas, the Parks and Wildlife guys are always present and seek to gather data on the snakes...including the effects of the "hunting". I think the events are intended to be educational as well as profitable. I'm ignorant, though. I've never attended a roundup.
Good topic.
HatchA:
--- Quote from: kiltedcelt on May 10, 2010, 01:25:32 pm ---Wow! I'm glad I haven't been flamed. I didn't know how incendiary this sort of post could have been
--- End quote ---
No reason to flame you, from what I can see. You put forward a very eloquent, knowledgable and heartfelt case to a group of open-minded, caring and sincere people. It seems more and more as each day goes by, I find myself wishing the human race reverted back to a simpler way of life. "business" and the use of money is really what's killing this planet. If more people made an effort to utilise nature for what they NEED instead of raping it for what they WANT and could make money off... Ah, I feel like I'm preaching to the converted here. Most (if not all) of you guys are well ahead of me on this train of thought/way of living. I am truly envious.
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