Is that the regular practice with a snake who has bitten a human. Is the snake usually killed when they can locate it?
The snake was only doing what snakes do when opportunity is there. I’m glad the child received prompt care though.
If I wasn't away from my regular computer I'd use this to start up the soon-to-be Snake/Reptile Ping List. Maybe tomorrow night...
Yeah, kill the thing. And all the others you can find. It’s the code of the west and the right thing to do.
Probably killed it to safely take it to the hospital for a positive ID.
I do the same thing when I find a centipede. No quarter, no chance. Luckily, no snakes here, but had more than a few close calls in SoCal. I hate snakes like they were liberals.
Well the story leaves allot out but it sure sounds nice and sterile. What they didn’t say was that boy probably had his arm cut open from the hand to the elbow to relieve swelling. Since it’s a small child there’s a good chance for allot of tissue damage and the loss of fingers and muscle damage. Good chance that boy will have permanent disability from that bite. I damn near lost the use of my left leg due to a bite I received about 50 years ago when I was 16. While rarely fatal a rattler bite has the ability to cause considerable tissue loss due to the nature of the venom. As far as the relocating part I’ll leave that up to you, I kill every rattler I see and that averages out to about 75 a year here on the ranch. I an curious just how and where you would relocate it to. Turn a rattler lose on another persons property and you stand a good chance of getting your arse kicked. Most of us here in West Texas want the damn things off the ranches not delivered.