Yesterday, the Washington Post featured an article that seemed so absurd that I had to read it twice to affirm what I was reading.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2016/03/12/how-to-kill-thousands-of-rattlesnakes-in-just-four-days/
Straight out of tall-tales from the Wild West, the city of Sweetwater, Texas hosts a yearly "round-up" of rattlesnakes. The snakes are caught and then thrown into the pit above that looks like an above ground swimming pool. The festival includes a beauty pageant, a snake charming contest, food stands and more. Snakes are milked for their venom, skinned, and then cleaned for food. Does this seem as crazy to you as it does to me? Are rattlesnakes really that big of a problem? Is this like the Burmese Pythons of the Everglades?
Read the above article from the Washington Post. What do you think? Do you agree with me that this is inhumane to the snakes and a crazy tradition? Respond in a scholarly paragraph. Remember to use capital letters and punctuation. This is a paragraph not a text message.
If you are curious....below is the actual link to the Sweetwater Jaycee's Rattlesnake Roundup Site:
http://www.rattlesnakeroundup.net/
After reading “How to kill thousands of rattlesnakes in just four days” I think that this is crazy and awful. In Sweetwater, Texas they have a festival every year where they have beauty pageants food stands and contest but the main event is killing rattlesnakes to have their meat, venom and skin. I think this is awful they are killing the snakes for no reason really. At first they were saying it was okay to kill them because they were biting people and killing them, but the number of people that are killed by snakes is very low, even lower than the amount of people struck by lightning. So there really is no reason to be killing the snakes. Also the only people getting killed by the snakes are drunk people because they are dumb and trying to mess with the snakes and exterminators. Which if you sign up to be an exterminator you should know the danger you are signing up for. This festival is like dog fighting. Dog fighting is now illegal because it was unethical to be killing dogs for no reason. So why is it any different for snakes? Snakes are not overpopulated so it is not like there are too many of them. Most towns that have the festivals are small towns with very little income so by having these festivals it bring in a lot of cash for the town. But is it worth is to take the snakes lives for cash?
ReplyDeleteI kind of disagree with you because then they can get overpopulated so this is a way they can decrease the population of the snakes and then they wont start to going to populated areas like near schools. Then maybe more people would be die because they have expanded from there usual area.
DeleteAfter reading the article about the rattlesnake “round-ups”, I find it disgusting and gory. People in communities band together to milk, skin, fry, and overall obliterate a high population of wild rattlesnakes.The people’s method of capturing the snakes is also disturbing, gassing the snake’s dens-forcing them to slither out of their homes and right into the hands of their capturers. They’re not the most appealing creatures, but they deserve better than that. In addition, when at the round-up, all that can be heard is the sound of thousands of ringing rattles. This is the snake’s sign of fear, proving that holding them in such circumstances is a form of torture to them. Overall, the conventions seem inhumane and creepy. Although it’s wrong, I doubt that people will stop because of how rooted it is in their tradition.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you and how this event is disgusting and gory how this community is banning together to milk, skin these snakes. Also, because it is a tradition, I too doubt they will ever stop.
DeleteI think that that the rattlesnake roundup is disgusting, this article almost made me throw up. The way they treat the snakes, beheading them putting their hearts in a pile while they are still beating and stripping them of their skin all while spectators watch. I don't see a reason why the roundup should go on other than the town needs money, in the article it said more people get hit by lightning than getting bit by snakes and those who get bit by snakes it was their own faults by bothering the snake. If you're worried that the snakes will overpopulate there is no proof that that would actually happen. The rattlesnake roundup has no real purpose other than a gruesome tourist attraction.
ReplyDeleteI think its gross too. I cant imagine that so many people can stand by and let something like this happen, and watch with enjoyment too. Its pretty disgusting.
DeleteI was also surprised that so many people would come out and support this cruel event. These creatures are being killed for no reason just because some people feel as if they are going to kill a large amount of people.
DeleteThis event is made to kill rattle snakes to control the population. I was surprised that this many people were interested in this event. This entire event is cruel and this is hurting the snake population a lot and badly. I personally do not like this event and I would not support it. I think this is cruel and should banned. This is not really like the python thing.
ReplyDeleteactually the article said that they aren't cutting the population any, just controlling it. I disagree that it should be banned, but maybe it could be altered.
DeleteI agree that this is nothing like the python situation and is pointless. The animals are being cruelly treated for the sake of entertainment, which is wrong.
DeleteI agree that it's cruel and I was also surprised that so many people were interested in this event.
DeleteThis is not a tradition, this is useless and uncalled for slaughter. As you can probably tell I'm not a big fan of these "roundups" as they are some of the most deplorable acts against nature. The only reason rattlesnakes would bite much less rattle at a person would be out of fear meaning that all those seemingly threatening rattles are just screams. Not to mention a fair few species of rattlesnakes are native and play a huge role in keeping small animal populations down unlike the Burmese python epidemic making these events even more uncalled for. If this were to continue and grow in popularity, this could be the demise of the rattlesnake.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that the roundup is disgusting and an unnecessary slaughter
DeleteI agree that these massive roundups are cruel and unnecessary. However, some of these places do have a rattlesnake problem, and I think that the residents should find a better way to control overpopulation, but not cross over the line into hurting populations.
DeleteLast year in the little town of Sweetwater Texas, 3,780 pounds of rattlesnakes were captivated. This annual event gathers 25,000 visitors to watch people milk for their venom, skin, then behead them. When they begin gutting their organs out, they set aside the heart with thousands of other still beating hearts. They eventually sell the skins, cook the meat while “enjoying” this tradition of rattlesnake’s torture. The article later stated rattlesnakes “bite victims include exterminators, drunk people and others who somehow mess with snakes”. From reading the article, it shows that the wranglers are in fact disturbing the rattlesnakes’ peace, which cause them to become “swollen and bloody from being restrained or thrown by handlers”. This corroborates the story of the burmese pythons, by capturing snakes and killing them for a chance to win money. I’m getting sick to my stomach reading this with hardly anyones help to stop it. This is ridiculously inhuman since you have a higher chance of getting struck by lightning and die, than fatally dying from a venom bite.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the actions taking place at this event are cruel and should be stopped. No creature should have to go through these extreme conditions when they mean no harm to the people around them.
DeleteI think that this "event", the rattlesnake roundup is disgusting and cruel. In the town of Sweetwater, Texas, has a big festival and its main focus is the rattlesnake roundup, milking them of their venom, skinning, and lastly beheading them. This event brings in more than 25,000 visitors, people from in town, and foreign tourist. I think that this is awful what they are doing here. They are playing a game to see how many rattlesnakes, living things, they can round up and slaughter. Not only is this wrong, but its also killing off the population of rattlesnakes. They're not just killing a few here and there, but a hundred here and hundreds more there. Honestly is it right for those people to kill those snakes just for money?
ReplyDeleteI actually don't think this is that crazy. Rattlesnakes aren't that big of a problem as shown in the chart. They only kill 6 people a year, but they constantly are reproducing. One of the catchers said that he catches 10-20 per den per year. This is a way to raise the local economy, bring people together, and control the snake population. Also, I don't think that this event is in humane, but the keeping of them in the pool like structure is. I’m fine with hunting and trapping but not suffering. These snakes, unlike Burmese pythons, are native to America. They aren't as big of a problem because they have been part of the ecosystem for much longer than the pythons.
ReplyDeleteI disagree. I think this is totally disgusting and if these rattlesnakes are only killing 6 people a year, its not that big of a problem to where they need to kill them.
DeleteAfter reading the Washington post article, I think the whole idea of having the festival is a little weird. It is one thing if they wanted some of them gone and had people hunt them (Burmese python challenge) but to round a bunch of them up and have them killed off in front of a towns (and then some) of people seems a little weird and morbid. I am not sure how this originated, or how people think this is a good idea, but something needs to happen to stop this soon.
ReplyDeleteI believe this is a cultural sport, so we think its' weird, but people that live in the South are use to it and consider it a necessity.
DeleteYeah but then again this is Texas and they dont know any better.
DeleteAfter reading this article I was definitely swayed in one direction, that direction being that this whole event is cruel and out right crazy. Who lets their children made rattle snake blood hand prints on walls?! This event seems quite unnecessary, and I believe the town could do something else to create revenue, that doesn't involve mass murder of these snakes. But on the other hand, it could give scientists a great leap in understanding poison. The poison gathered from this event could grealy improve antidotes for snake bites. But as stated in the article, there are more deadly lightning strikes than fatal snake bites. So in my opinion, I think that this event should be stopped, or at least changed to where a greater amount of the snakes were released at the end of the event, rather than being killed.
ReplyDeleteBased on the information from this article on the annual Rattlesnake Roundup, I am very surprised that organizations who stand up for the rights of animals are still allowing this event to go on. I think it is not fair to these animals who are relatively peaceful if not threatened by humans, and to have thousands of them rounded up and killed brutally seems unnecessary. I agree that this is a great resource for the town to use to gain money and funding that they couldn’t normally get, but the extent to which they hold this event seems inhumane to the rattlesnakes. Instead of holding this event in which they brutally treat the animals, it could still be a great opportunity for funding if they handled it with more care towards the animals.
ReplyDeleteI agree, I feel that this very cruel and that the snakes don't deserve this type of treatments. I'm also surprised by the amount of people who actually participate in this event.
DeleteI found this article very interesting. Its just like the article said its the Burmese python of Texas. What thee people are doing are cruel and unusual. The rattle snakes are terrified and the people are not stopping this wretched tradition that has been going on for years. Its proven that this species wouldn't spin out of control if it was left alone so whats the point. I think this is cruel and unusual punishment for the snakes and its unfair. This should be stopped or at least limited. I think its cool and all but it needs to be stopped.
ReplyDeleteI agree with how cruel this is. I think this whole process should be banned.
DeleteI agree with you that it should be limited. To just be killing them for the fun of it is not right.
DeleteI am strongly opposed to this whole rattlesnake rally. There doesn’t seem to be a point to it. The snakes aren’t harming people nowadays, and it doesn’t seem to be harming any livestock. Even it is useful for accessing venom, there are much more humane ways to do it. These animals are thrown around in a pit, stirred and tossed. Some die from injuries or stress, while the others are skinned and gutted alive. People even dip their hands in the blood and put it on the walls. That’s revolting and honestly makes me sick. These animals are not in any way a harm to the area, and they are overpopulated. The numbers keep going down, and people are as excited as ever. After all, you have a higher chance of getting struck by lightning and die, than fatally dying from a venom bite.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that there's seemingly no point to their madness. People should just give the snakes their space in the wild since they don't pose an immediate threat.
DeleteI agree. Imagine this with any other animal, and you can see how insane it truly is.
DeleteAfter reading this article, I fully disagree with the actions being taken towards the large quantity of rattlesnakes. This major event has lulled people to come and support these malicious circumstances, affecting all of the rattlesnakes that are apart of this popular event. I agree that this inhumane to the snakes and many action steps should be taken in order to prevent this cruel event to take place. People shouldn't provide harm to these snakes just because they have caused danger to a few people. Not all of the cases associated with the rattlesnakes are fatal, therefore this habit is cruel to these creatures that are unaware of right and wrong.
ReplyDeleteI so agree they shouldn't be harming the snakes on unwarranted causes.
DeleteI think that the rattlesnake roundup is inhumane. The snakes are dying because they have been treated poorly and the only reason they are not dead is because people are stirring the pool of snakes so they don’t suffocate. The article says “Rattlesnakes rattle when they are terrified, not angry or preparing to attack. The sound of rattling at these roundups is in fact a thousand snakes screaming.” This shows that this is so inhumane. Also it states “At these events, it’s common to see snakes swollen and bloody from being restrained or thrown by handlers, dead and dying snakes, snakes too weak or stressed to defend themselves, unsanitary conditions, cruelty and dangers to the public.” I think that these round ups should be stopped for the dangers to the people watching as well as the snakes in the pit. Plus they are not that big of a threat you have a higher chance of dying from a lightning strike than a rattle snake bit.
ReplyDeleteI agree that it is cruel,and that our risk of dying due to a rattlesnake bite is less than a lighting strike so we should leave them be.
DeleteI agree that this event is crazy and cruel to the snakes. It definitely should be stopped.
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ReplyDeleteThis southern sport doesn’t seem very crazy to me. I was born in Arkansas and went to school in the south for a few years, walking home from elementary school I would see about three snake skins every day just on my street. Snakes are all over the place in states like Texas. MYS stance on the humanity of this festival is it’s a little cruel but there isn’t really a way to stop Southern hunters, I have no moral issue with the event going on in areas with too many snakes.
I like how you have a different point of view.
DeleteThis event to me, sounds crazy and inhumane. The text said “At these events, it’s common to see snakes swollen and bloody from being restrained or thrown by handlers, dead and dying snakes, snakes too weak or stressed to defend themselves, unsanitary conditions, cruelty and dangers to the public.” This makes me wonder why so many people enjoy going to this event. It sounds disgusting and they are abusing these animals. But I doubt that this festivity will ever stop because it is so deeply rooted into their traditions in Texas.
ReplyDeleteAre you saying something against Texas? Watch your mouth.
DeleteFirst of all this is not remotely close to the Burmese Python Challenge. Second of all this opinion goes two ways. One way is that these rattlesnakes should not go through this pain if there is very little of them. I feel it is ok to round them up if there is a lot of them. I have my own personal opinions on the events they do but they should only round up the rattlers if they have an overpopulation of them or if they have proof that they are causing harm to stuff in this society.
ReplyDeleteI like that you gave a perspective from a southern persons point of view. Nice job Neil.
ReplyDeleteThis event is definitely crazy. I can understand why some people like it but I don't. I personally don't like snakes but to kill them for fun is just not right. The way they treat them too is crazy. It said “At these events, it’s common to see snakes swollen and bloody from being restrained or thrown by handlers, dead and dying snakes, snakes too weak or stressed to defend themselves, unsanitary conditions, cruelty and dangers to the public,”. Yes its a danger to the snakes, but reading that also made it seem like it was dangerous for the people there. I think that it would be fine to kill them if there were too many but to treat them this bad is just cruel. Its not their fault there is too many.
ReplyDeleteI honestly can’t believe this went on for as many years as it did. This is extremely inhumane and just as how some people might think videogames can cause children to grow up with a sense of violence is okay, which I don’t agree with but now they are giving children scholarships for cruelly murdering rattlesnakes who did nothing but what is in their nature. As the article said only 6 people died from rattlesnakes when thousands were bitten, there is no just reason to mass murder these snakes. I thought the worst part was when I learned the rattle they make isn’t a sign of attack but rather their own scream is horrible.
ReplyDeleteI also find it awful that scholarships are given to children for doing such actions.
DeleteIt shows that children can earn there scholarships. anyone can get an academic scholarship.
DeleteI agree that the rattlesnake is an unnecessary and cruel way to treat a non-existent snake problem. To start things off, rattlesnakes are a native animal to Texas and an important part of the food web, much different than the Burmese pythons, which are invasive and are hunted in order to protect the environment that they destroy. Also, the snakes are not even a problem to the people or livestock, or overpopulated, the entire reason for the roundup. Only 6 people die from rattlesnake bites each year, compared to 24 from lightning, so shouldn’t we all put up lightning rods instead? Finally, the snakes are treated inhumanely, with hunters gassing them out of caves, being suffocated in a pit, and people making handprints out of their blood. Handprints! Living things, alive or dead, dangerous or not, or even invasive animals, should be treated respectfully, as you are no more special than they are. From my perspective, the rattlesnake roundup is a useless and inhumane tradition, and something that should be banned.
ReplyDeleteI find the rattlesnake roundup as inhumane,cruel, and unnecessary. People “claim” that they do it just to control the snake’s population, but really, I think it’s gone out of hand. They are harming the creatures with no specific and good reason; just to gain money. It may be true that they appear to us as dangerous, but it is also the other way around. The snakes attacks to defend themselves when in a state of threat, that’s why we shouldn’t meddle with them. Not to mention that only 6 people had died a year! Most likely for absurd reasons which David Steen mentions in the article: exterminators, drunk people, and snake meddlers. Despite the rattlesnakes being considered “dangerous”, they have lives too and should be respected, like any other living being.
ReplyDeleteI agree that when people died, it was more the human's fault.
DeleteI defiantly agree with you about this event being
Delete"Inhumane, cruel, and unnecessary." I think it is a terrible thing as well.
Personally snakes really scare me and this is quite interesting. I feel as if this shouldn´t be an issue because the snakes are very abundant to that area, however it does still sound like an inhuman game than a ¨population¨ control. Only six people have died a year and that contest isn´t addressing that. I do not think its an issue catching them and killing some( they do need to keep the population in check) and releasing the others.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the article about the rattlesnake “round-ups”, I find it nasty and pretty gory. its cruel that they are doing this to these snakes. killing the snakes is gonna cause problems in the food web. also they snakes are not doing anything wrong and shouldn't be getting killed. i cant believe that the kids are making hand prints with there blood. that is really gross.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading “How to Kill Thousands of Rattlesnakes in Just Four Days”, I felt disgusted. These people are beheading and skinning rattlesnakes in front of crowd for entertainment. It made me cringe when it explained how they disembowel the snakes and leave their hearts in a pile STILL BEATING! To me, this seems unnecessary, given that these snakes are terrified and helpless because they've been so strangled. It is said that the snake population is not being messed with when they kill all those snakes, but I still think that this “festival” should be banned. It is very inhumane and unnecessary to the world and the living things in it.
ReplyDeleteOnce i read this article i thought that killing this many snakes was a great idea! To be honest i completely disagree with you. These snakes are over populated, and known for attacking, and they need to be stopped. So overall i believe what these people are doing to snakes is good, and it keeps the high amount of rattle snakes lower.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading “How to kill thousands of rattlesnakes in just four days” I thought to myself “has someone done the math to figure out how much longer until we have no more rattlesnakes because that is a lot. In my opinion I don’t care what they do but I’d rather them not kill snakes. I think that this is not weird of a tradition either, it’s just the way they are. Also I think that I would try this if I had my friends.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest this article truly and utterly disgusted me, the fact that the snake pit had to be stirred regularly just so that the snakes don't die. Just the idea of the rattle snake roundup is inhumane they roundup thousands of snakes the use them to make boots and other things. on top of that they have beauty pageants that from what i can tell are in the snake pit
ReplyDeleteI do not agree with this "Rattle Snake Rally", I believe that it is inhuman to kill this many animals for show and the hunter's pleasure. This is different than the Python killings because the Pythons were disrupting the other animals in the area by eating them, or eating what they eat. The rattle snakes were doing no harm, and to kill this many of them had to make a difference in their environment. These rattle snakes did very little harm to people, and when they did, it was mostly the human's fault. I am surprised that I had never heard of this before since it has been going on for so long. I think that Sweetwater, Texas should stop this because of how wrong it is.
ReplyDeleteI find the rattlesnake round up to be good to a certain extent. If it is to control the population then I am fine with it, but it seems to have gone a little to far. It is now more about the money than the actual cause. I believe that you cannot kill an animal for defending itself. They didn't come for you, you came for them.
ReplyDeleteIt is pretty bad but is is necassary. Texas is already a terrible place to life in without the rattle snackes. Dont get me wrong though milkig the venom and then skinning them for handbags turns it from just population control. To an easy way to make money.
ReplyDeleteI find this so called "roundup" completely unnecessary, inhumane, and cruel. I find it insane that it seems to be such a huge thing, even offering scholarships to kids who participate. Rattlesnakes have been around for longer than the humans have been in Texas, and they are an important part of the ecosystem. The ways the hunters gather them are completely inhumane. Imagine being gassed out of your home while minding your own business, and being taken to a huge building where you're slaughtered for pure entertainment. I think this tradition is immoral, and should not continue.
ReplyDeleteThe rattlesnake roundup is good, because you have to keep the population under control. There is a fine line to how many they can kill. Kill to many then you hurt the environment, kill not enough then the snakes hurt the environment.
ReplyDeleteI actually found this article to be quite frightening. It seems more like a sport than a control of the population issue which really makes me question the human thought process. This seems like something that should be looked closer at because the snakes aren't even dangerous. Overall this is just a "freak show" of an event.
ReplyDeleteI agree that this event is more like a sport than a population control issue
DeleteI agree that it is strange of its a sport, for such a dangerous species more caution should be taken.
DeleteI see the rattlesnake roundup as cruel,and very unnecessary.I did some research and found out that venomous snakes and reptiles kill only 6 people a year,while dogs and COWS kill more people than snakes!I think if cows are killing more people than rattlesnakes,we should be more worried about cows than snakes.Besides its the persons that got bit fault for not reading the big sign with bold letters saying"BEWARE RATTLESNAKE AREA".If sweetwater keeps on doing the rattlesnake round up they are going to need a new animal to roundup.These rattlesnake are trying to live a peaceful life and we are causing damage than good.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you Kevin Lopez, if this was the case then we should also be killing dogs and cows that have caused more deaths than rattlesnakes
DeleteAfter reading this article, I’m actually disturbed by this process. I don’t mind trying to control the rattlesnake population, but this seems excessive and cruel. In the article, it even says that “there are no studies suggesting that rattlesnakes will become overabundant in the absence of this means of collection.” The rattlesnakes aren’t even that big of a problem. It’s different from the Burmese python because in the everglades, there was an invasive species actually causing a problem. In Texas, the rattlesnakes aren’t an invasive species, and people are rounding them up and killing them for fun.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that people are killing these rattlesnakes for fun is cruel and inhumane. The way in which people are killing the snakes is crazy! As said in the text, “At these events, it’s common to see snakes swollen and bloody from being restrained or thrown by handlers, dead and dying snakes, snakes too weak or stressed to defend themselves, unsanitary conditions, cruelty and dangers to the public.” This is really abusive and I wonder why people think this is fun and why this event continues to go on. I understand that the population of these rattlesnakes is abundant and that they are a threat to other species but I definitely think that that there is a more humane and safe way to go about this problem rather that killing thousands of these rattlesnakes.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this article I have started to feel some kind of remorse for how low our society has stooped. Rattle snakes only kill about 6 people a year, so they fact that we are killing an almost harmless animal is just inhumane. Personally, I am not the biggest snake fan, but I don not think that any creature should have to endure such horror. I think that milking the snake or uses other parts of them as long as we are not killing mass amounts of them off. Snakes are living creatures just like us, and should be treated accordingly.
ReplyDeleteI feel that what people are doing to rattlesnakes is very cruel and inhumane. Killing thousands of snakes in one day is a little more than controlling the population. Only six people die each year from rattlesnake bites, so they're not a huge danger, but they are still being hunted, and slaughtered for pure entertainment. I feel it would be all right if they monitored the population and of took a fewer snakes then they already have so it would not change the population drastically.
ReplyDeletesure, the methods are cruel and inhumane but it raises millions of dollars towards the town. If you had the choice to kill all of these snakes for 8.4 million dollars. Would you?
DeleteThis event does sound pretty crazy. However, I can see why they like to do this. It is part of their culture. I don’t think rattlesnakes are that big of an issue to be killing so many. It is important to keep rattlesnakes in the ecosystem because without them bad things would happen. I hope they don’t become extinct.
ReplyDeleteThis festival sounds insane! I think it's crazy how even little kids have fun at this event. They might be taking this snake thing a little too far. It is important to save the ecosystem with snakes in them but this is too much.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. This event does sound pretty crazy. I also think that rattlesnakes aren't that big of an issue.
ReplyDeleteI agree that this event is crazy. The thing that i find the most crazy is that there are thousands of people who participate. Besides being a crazy event it's also very cruel. The fact that a man had to stand in the middle of the pit and stir them so they wouldn't suffocate just shows you cruel this event really is. Although it is a cruel event I do see why the people of Texas feel they need to do something to get rid of the snakes but they could do it in a such less violent way.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this article I think that this tradition of rounding up snakes and killing them is a very cool thing to do,but at the same same time i think is cruel to get so many snakes and killed them like they didn't meant anything. They said they do this because the population of rattle snakes was increasing but I really doubt that it is necessary to do this every year.
ReplyDeleteTo me this event sounds pretty fun. It serves as a event that everyone can take part in. I´m pretty sure that rattlesnakes are not that abundunt where they pose a threat to our lifes, killing so many i think is unneccesary.
ReplyDeleteI think this event would be a blast because you get to hang out with your buds and eat and have a beer. And this is a good way to make sure they don't get over populated. Also if you know if someone in your family likes skin wear then you can also buy they some boots or jackets or really anything they want from this event.
ReplyDeleteThis would be a very fun event I agree
DeleteI am strongly disapointed in your decision making for this blog post. Good eating I agree with...but I guess itś not bad for your first one.
DeleteAfter reading this absurd article, it's very easy to say that this is wrong and fairly immature. To take pleasure in watching the beating heart of hundreds of snakes drown in their own blood, is disgusting. I think that it's not something to be proud of, or take pride in, because snakes deserve to be unharmed in their environment just as much as any other animal. It's not like people are doing this for the purpose of "revenge" either, it's something they do for fun. I do in fact believe that this should no longer be an activity.
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DeleteAfter reading about this event I think it would be a really good time. This event is not hurting the population of snakes and provides millions of dollars for the community. Although the conditions are not the best for the snakes (which I think needs to change) they're going to die anyways. Along with that it keeps the snake population in line so there not everywhere biting people.
ReplyDeleteThis event seems really crazy, and especially cruel. People collect snakes, and then publicly celebrate them being torn apart and milked for venom. It doesn't make sense to solve the problem in such a way, there has to be other, more humane solutions. It's strange how people find it fun to do this, I guess I'm not moving to Texas.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this article, I have come to the conclusion that this is insane. How can they do this? They kill tons of snakes watching them suffocate for fun. Just let the snakes be and live your lives. This needs to stop.
ReplyDeleteThis event to me sounds like it is inhumane. I don't think that it is inhumane to kill them but it is inhumane to treat them like this. To put them in a pit and stir them for fun. It is cruel to play with the animals while they're alive. If they are going to do that they should at least kill them beforehand instead of torturing them.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the article about the rattlesnake “round-ups”, I find it really quite odd. People come together to milk, fry and skin the overly populated rattlesnakes. I would not do this for any amount of anything. They gas the snakes in order to prevent bites when capturing them from the wild. This is not only dangerous, but uncouth and crazy. At the convention, you can hear the rattlesnakes make an alarming sound that can be heard in a disgusting sound. In my opinion, this is a tradition, and it is not affecting the population, so I do not think anything has to be done to it.
ReplyDeleteThis even may not seem like the best thing to do, but it appears to be like a fun party to be at with your friends and family. It also is a great way to make sure the snakes don't become overpopulated, and I'm sure the people who don't like snakes like that part even better. Lastly, I don't know a lot of people who have snakeskin stuff and I know that a LOT of people think that it's cool; this way people will have a place to buy this without it being way over priced. In short, this event is pretty cruel to the snakes who are just killed and used for fun, but it seems like it'd be a really fun party to be at.
ReplyDeleteIm not really sure if this Roundup is a good or bad thing. Thousands of snakes die, but the deaths help raise millions of dollars for the town. Its a bad thing that so many snakes die, but its good that they raise money and help save lives. I think that was really bizarre.
ReplyDeleteIn this week’s blog I read about an annual event in texas in where they “round up snakes”, skin them, and take their venom. This seems like a really crazy even to me and it shocks me that this is the first time I’ve heard of it. According to the article, some people say rattlesnakes aren’t that big of a problem and this event is actually pretty unnecessary. I personally don’t believe the snakes should be killed unless they’re causing a huge problem, but according to some people, they are. I understand that this is one of the only ways that the small town makes profit but there should be other ways. The one part I agree/like about the Rattlesnake roundup is that they are using the money to help people in need. Other than that, I believe this is a crazy tradition.
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