In some places it’s not legal to keep VENOMOUS snakes. Most places it is with varying levels of permits and such.
This snake was used in what is looking like a suicide. Very unusual circumstances to say the least.
Think of it this way, if you’ve ever needed blood thinners or heart medication or medication for kidney ailments and a host of others, you need to realize that without keepers of venomous snakes, you wouldn’t have had those medicines... Just something to think about.
I completely understand that keeping poisonous snakes, by professionals who know what they are doing, is needed for medicine. What I don’t get is having them as pets.