May 23, 2018, Albany Times Union
(I believe, the reason given for
this event is just wrong. (Besides inhumane. Correct me if I am wrong, If I am
write, and can supply specific scientific reasons, email Army Corps of
Engineers biologist Steven George (http://tnsne.ws/22kIZQ7) and if you
get the email for Jared Streeter of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and
Fisheries Heritage Program send him an email correcting his “scientific”
rationale for the event. Thanks.)
Lake Providence. LA. —
Participants in the annual East Carroll Snake Rodeo don't round up the snakes
on Lake Providence: they go out in boats and shoot them.
Participants on Saturday killed
273 snakes: 84 cottonmouth moccasins and 189 non-venomous reptiles, Army Corps
of Engineers biologist Steven George told The News-Star (http://tnsne.ws/22kIZQ7). The
count included 166 diamondback water snakes, 15 broad-banded water snakes and
two rat snakes.
Those were just the snakes that
could be brought in.
T.J. O'Neal and his two teammates
said they shot three snakes, but two of them sank too quickly to retrieve them
with a net.
The East Carroll Parish Sheriff's
Office sponsors the event, with a goal of keeping down the snake population.
The Department of Wildlife and
Fisheries and the Louisiana Amphibian and Reptile Enthusiasts both work at the
event to educate people about the types of snakes living on the lake.
They're not trying to stop the
rodeo, said Jared Streeter of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and
Fisheries Heritage Program. But, he said, it's important to understand the
likely effects.
"If you remove the
non-venomous snakes it creates the opportunity for the venomous snakes to move
in," Streeter said.
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