>>As I understand it, this became a tradition in an area where they had a huge Rattle snake problem. Well, they saw it as a problem. These round ups were away to help keep the numbers down, and make the town people feel good. You can see the whole attitude is of killing the eevil snakes. Now it is just a tradition which is perpetuated by the revenue that it generates, and the people have come to enjoy, and expect it.
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And this occurs in many other towns including Sweetwater......Freer, TX has another large roundup. San Patricio, TX has a roundup and rattlesnake races......at all of these events all the snakes are killed.

Another terrible aspect of these roundups is how many of these snakes are collected. The practice of using gasoline to drive snakes out of their dens ruins habitat and kills other flora and fauna. This is an EPA and TCEQ violation in my oil and gas world.

These archaic roundups should be outlawed everywhere.......
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

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