Rattlesnake Roundup Segment
I was sorely disappointed in you and your staff for promoting the
rattlesnake "roundup" in Sweetwater, TX, on the show I heard
today. 120,000 lbs. of rattlesnake equates to about 25,000
animals, the vast majority of which pose no threat to human life
or commerce.
This roundup, like those in Wyoming and other
western states, truly is "American" for its waste of life,
ecological unsoundness, and brutality. The diamondback rattler
and other snakes, venomous and non-venomous, are vilified by the
unthinking, when in fact these animals help keep rodent
populations, and therefore the environment at large, in balance
-- including prairie dogs, which cause far more damage to the
pasture land ranchers prize so highly.
Bad move.
Bill
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