John Q. Public - the 50% or more who don't care one way or the other (but who think that snake lovers & keepers are strange)

The "Only good snake is a Dead Snake" Public - the 35-40% (depending on the area) who don't care, so long as you take every one that you find

or

The Bunny Hugger Public - the remainder who think that every living thing deserves to live in peace and harmony, akunamatata, circle of life, bambi, and the rest of Walt Disney's pipe dreams about what nature it really like? Although these guys do have a loud voice . . .

Fortunately, for those of us who live in Texas, TPWD is a proponent of wildlife management, and asked the question "is the take biologically meaningful" and answered it with "not according to the evidence at hand" . . . several of us that sat in on those advisory meetings a few years back made sure they asked the right questions, too . . . so part of what I'm saying is that rather than worry about what the public might think, one way to get around it is to get your foot in the door with the decision makers and participate in the decision making. TPWD was rather surprised at the outpouring of comments from the snake community the last time around, too.

Troy

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