I am a chef at a bed and breakfast in Lebanon, TN..just east of Nashville. I was at work today and suddenly heard everbody in the banquet hall screaming...I went over to check it out and to my horror....One of the waiters had killed a baby timber rattler in the banquet room. I am a reptile lover and was so pissed that he had killed it. we didn't have a function today, but they were setting up for this weekend. We are located on 100 PLUS acres of farmland...And if they would have got me before killing it I would have released it way back of the property. EVERYONE there knows i love reptiles..We usually have 5-10 snakes in the place every summer and I am ALWAYS called to the rescue, but this time the baby snake wasn't so lucky. I am the executive chef there so I told the waiter to go home because i was disgusted with him for killing it. Probably the wrong move, but i really dont care. The timber rattler was about 8-10"....grey with black stripes accross. We usually have to deal with about 2 rattlers a year there...this was the first we had this year. Anyways...thanks for reading..just had to vent a little frustration.

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