The one thing I can't understand is everyone's justification of killing the venomous snakes. You claim that you kill them to protect your family. Your family is in much more risk of many other dangers that you probably overlook due to the rarity of the danger happening. What I am trying to say is there are sooooo many other dangers that happen on a much more frequent basis. Venomous snakes DO NOT attack or look for an opportunity to bite people. The proof is in the numbers. Ask yourself how many people you know that have been bitten by venomous snakes and how many have died from a venomous snake bite. I am willing to bet you don't know someone that's died from a venomous snake bite. In the USA on average less than 15 people die from venomous snake bites every year. And a huge percentage are due to people menacing them trying to kill or play with them. Do you know how many kids die from choking on hot dogs? Maybe you should start shooting hot dogs with your pellet gun. The diseases spread by the rodents the venomous snakes eat are much more dangerous than the venomous snakes that are eating them. So next time someone takes their child to the hospital due to a terrible illness it very well could have been avoided due to the snakes, non venomous and venomous that could have been eating the rodents spreading that disease. I don't want to hear the excuse of having a good mouser cat to handle this problem because a cat will do more damage to the environment than help (research it). If you research the medicines that are derived from snake venoms you would advocate their preservation rather than killing them. I am sure you have family members that are still alive due to a medicine made from snake venom. At least seven ace inhibitors that control blood pressure, copperhead venom has been used to treat breast cancer, other snakes venoms used for congestive heart failure, lupus detection, coagulation tests, the list goes on and on and on. It's amazing how many more peoples lives have been saved rather than killed in the USA by venomous snakes. Another fact that most people don't point out is the reason the snakes are at your home is that the habitat and food supply is optimal for snakes. When you kill the non venomous snakes other snakes will most likely eventually take their place. They most likely will be other non venomous snakes due to the fact they outnumber the venomous so dramatically till the odds are actually in the favor of a venomous snake to take it's place in that environment. Trust me if you was to do enough research on the subject you won't find it acceptable to kill any snake rather it's venomous or not. People aren't protecting their family by killing a harmless venomous snake.

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