I know if i "felt threatened" by a venomous snake, i wouldnt be stupid enough to even get close enough to it where i could chop the head off. i would be going in the other direction. you dont just go into a nature trail and kill an animal that lives there. you also dont pick it up and move it either, whats that all about? I dont understand how he feels he shouldnt be punished for it. and i dont understand these rights he thinks the snake has that he doesnt- the snake had no right to be killed, just as that man has no right to be killed. if anything the snake had more of a right to be there than that guy did. a life is a life no matter what species you are. im glad he was punished for it.



Melissa

(from michigan )





>>Snakes Have More Rights Than People, Says Michigan Jury

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>>Article taken from a website which bills itself "for Real Americans"

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>>Notice in the article how everybody saw the little rattler when it was 6-8 feet away; the guy still picked it up and took it to a fishing dock; then carried it to a parking lot; then he cut off its head and rattle with a shovel when he felt "threatened". Yeah, sure. His fine will probably be insignificant, but it's great that some people in Michigan took this seriously enough to hold him accountable.

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>>>>"A Michigan man who killed a poisonous snake he says was threatening nearby children has been found guilty of "killing a protected reptile or amphibian without a state permit" and faces a possible jail sentence, reports the Ann Arbor News.

>>>>Convicted of killing the rattlesnake during an afternoon outing Aug. 9 with his two sons and their friend at Pickeral Lake northwest of Ann Arbor, 47-year-old James Galloway says he was protecting nearby children and himself, according to the report.

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>>>>Galloway said he wasn't aware that it is a crime in Michigan to kill the Eastern Massasauga rattlesnake, Michigan's only venomous snake."

>>>>Man Who Killed Poisonous Snake Convicted

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