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I'm hoping this is the right place, if not just steer me in the right direction! Anyways, I live in a little suburb surrounded by protected wetland and woodland, and recent construction has caused a lot of movement in the local wildlife. This has resulted in a lot of needless killing of both venomous and non-venomous snakes people assume are dangerous. It breaks my heart, truly, as I've been a herp lover my entire life. So, I am looking for someone who possesses local venomous and nonvenomous snakes who might be willing to bring some out here for a sort of show and tell to both help build up the understanding of these beautiful creatures and help people to identify them. Most of what I have seen killed have been water snakes but there has been a copperhead among the lot so it's not all paranoia and misunderstanding.

If you all know about any businesses or rehabbers/educators who could do this, don't hesitate to point me their way either. Thanks guy!

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Tim Cole
www.austinherpsociety.org
www.AustinReptileExpo.com/
www.AustinReptileService.net
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Conservation through Education

Yeah, I realized that after the fact but got caught up with sick children. I'm located in DFW, south of Denton near the Texas Speedway, and everything has been exploding out here. Housing developments and businesses are cropping up so quickly the local fauna is pretty thrown for a loop. If I could convince my neighbors that they don't need to kill the Copperheads that keep ending up on their patios and driveways I'd sleep a lot better at night. I've gone so far as to offer to capture them at any hour of the day or night and take them further up the creek where they aren't as likely to come back just to slow the destruction but no one has taken me up on it yet so I'm not sure if they're finally finding food elsewhere or if people are just blowing me off. Either way I have a history of animal rehab and release (although with birds of prey more than herps) and am equally interested in finding out how best to go about doing rescue and education if there isn't anyone within a reasonable distance.