Article: Befriend rattlesnakes.(Air Mail)(Letter to the Editor)

I was deeply perturbed when reading "The New CRO" [August 2004] when the author described the "corner and kill" of a western rattlesnake. As an amateur herpetologist, I've admired many reptiles in their natural habitats as well as captive environments. Among my reptile favorites, the rattlesnake is probably at the top.

The ignorant attitudes people have about snakes and the false superstitions say a lot about our flagrant disrespect for everything we can dominate. There are many environmental impacts from killing snakes. One example was a co-worker of mine who'd purchased an expensive home and came to me for advice because of a mice infestation. I asked him what ...

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