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Below is a link to a discussion forum and some additional resource links that PetHobbyist.com has set up to assist in the Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort as well as provide a central supportive network area for our members.

Animals & Disasters - Hurricane Katrina

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PHWyvern

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Thank you.
Living in Biloxi, I am a witness to the devastation wrought by Katrina. What I have seen in relation to the loss of life (animal as well as human), I believe would soften even the hardest hearts.... my mission, for the past 2 weeks, has been one of educating my neighbors in regards to the sudden seeming explosion of cottonmouth sightings...
Every morning at sun-up I would leave my house to help my neighbors..... I would leave with just 3 things, my chainsaw, a gas can, and my snake hook. Many times while helping my neighbors clear their driveways or yards I would encounter cottonmouths.... and mosts peoples response is to "kill em"... I would explain that with all the homes reduced to rubble and undoubtably many cupboards and pantries still having food in them that this type of environment would be a haven for rodents... I would also try to relate that those cottonmouths would be one of best allies as the rodent populations expode.
So now that my cell phone is finally working consistantly... I average about 5 calls a day for removing snakes in my immediate area.
I am tired and very sunburnt but at least a few more of my friends with scales will be around for awhile longer.
Thanks for the info.
Michael
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Cohabitants
0.1 Western Hognose
0.0.1 Goliath birdeater
0.0.1 Jv Cottonmouth
0.1 Red tail boa
0.1 Canebrake
0.1 neonate rhino viper
0.1 pygmy rattlesnake
1.0 Sidewinder(laterorepens)

Thanks for the good work. Really.