Brett, what are your thoughts on letting those animals move away from the disturbance and disperse on their own? Granted, there may be some mortality from heavy equipment moving over some of the animals, but some may actually disperse on their own within their own home range and thrive nearby. I think your intentions are good, but I'd probably only collect animals that I could use myself. Exercise caution in trying to "adopt" out surplus snakes to whomever wants them. Make sure that the recipient isn't wanting to just get some free snakes to enter into the wild caught pet trade and make some money for themselves. You also may want to check local and state laws about collecting, maintaining, and shipping certain species out of state. You don't want to get yourself in any trouble by unknowingly breaking any laws. This topic you've touched upon is a difficult one. There's always the struggle between trying to save what snakes you can versus hoping that they'll fair well on their own. Educating the neighborhood to the benefits that snakes provide re. keeping rodent and insect pests under control can start to change peoples' negative views about these critters. Then maybe with more supportive voices, development of the area can be addressed with a more vocal majority. Hope this helps.



Greg Henry

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