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From: ke4zv!gary@gatech.edu (Gary Coffman)
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Subject: Re: Why kill snakes?
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Date: 25 Jun 91 22:39:28 GMT
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In article <35901@mimsy.umd.edu> malodah@PacBell.COM (Martin A. Lodahl) writes:
#
#Now I live in a brushy area, and have two children.  Occasionally, but 
#not often, rattlers pay us visits, and they can get into the cellar
#where I age the beer I make.  I've had a number of "close encounters
#of the reptilian kind", and can't help feeling that it would be
#irresponsible of me to take a laissez-allez approach when my kids' 
#safety is concerned.  When we're hiking, we detour around snakes.
#When we're home, we kill them.
#
#Interestingly, the snakes we've had in the cellar have always appeared
#when the chickens are wandering about the place.  I suspect they go
#into the house to get away from the chickens.

If you want a snake free home place get a few hogs. Hogs love snakes,
they hunt them down and eat them. The hog's fat layer protects it from
snakebite.

Gary