Sounds like she is irrationally blaming you for you having a thriving ecosystem of native animals. Tough. There is no liability on your part. The snakes would not necessarily be breeding in the cattails and it sounds more like you have a native watersnake of some species (Nerodia genus). In any case, its highly unlikely that the infections to her brat, dog and horse are due to harmless snakes such as these. You should be proud of the fact that you are contributing to the preservation of a native animal.

All the best
Bryan
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Dr. Bryan Grieg Fry
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Australian Venom Research Unit,
University of Melbourne
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Population and Evolutionary Genetics Unit,
Museum Victoria
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http://www.venomdoc.com

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