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Claxton, GA Rattlesnake Roundup
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by Cro on February 8, 2008
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The nitwhits in Claxton, GA continue to murder hundreds of Eastern Diamond-backed Rattlesnakes each year.
This years indiscriminate and brutal rattlesnake slaughter will happen on Saturday and Sunday, March 7-9. The protesting of rattlesnake roundups is one event that I agree with the Humane Society on. It is also a great photo op to get photos of genetic throwbacks murdering rattlesnakes.
http://www.wtoctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7825597
Claxton / Evans County Chamber of Commerce
http://www.claxtonevanschamber.com
Make sure to boycot Claxton Fruit Cakes, as they are one of the largest employers in Evans County. Also, you could let the Evans County Chamber of Commerce know that you will never spend money in their town as long as they continue roundups.
Perhaps if enough folks complain, they will change their event to another wild chicken fest, or something similar, that does not hurt wildlife, and will still be a fun spring event for the rednecks there ?
Best Regards JohnZ
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by SCatheris on February 8, 2008
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I wasn;t sure if they killed or just released in this round up. now I know.....It really really makes me mad because diamondbacks aren't common here. I'm 45 mins from Savannah here in SC and I've only seen one and it's one we got from animal control. This roun-up is also a complete contradiction to what they're doing. One news report I saw on it showed a guy educating people about them! As I continually say........people are stupid.
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by Peter84Jenkins on February 8, 2008
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I will be attending a hunting and fishing expo this weekend in Charlotte, NC with a company I am working for part time. I am bringing along a petition as well as my EDBs to display. I have been working on this petition as well as a letter to the Chamber of Commerce of Evans County for a few weeks now. If anyone has any good info that will help me draft a more convictive letter I would love to see it. Just email me at timberbite@gmail.com. If anything maybe we can send a message to these folks that their festival is archaic, barbaric and is becoming unpopular in today’s “green” society. Not to mention expose the lies that they use to justify the roundup in the first place.
Thanks and stay safe!
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by Cro on February 8, 2008
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Justin, even though the folks at Claxton say the rattlesnakes are sold live for "research," almost all of them are doomed to a quick death within a few weeks.
This is because the snakes are gassed out of hibernation from Gopher Tortiose burrows. The gasoline that is poured through the plastic tube down into the burrow often damages the lungs of the snakes. The more gasoline the red-necks pour in, the more potential damage to the inhabitants of the burrow. These burrows often are the winter homes of many more animals than just the rattlesnakes, so many animals can be damaged by burrow gassing. This gassing can cause pnomonia and other respiratory problems in the snakes that cause them to only survive a few weeks.
What often happens is the "research snakes" are sold to venom labs, milked a few times, then turned into rattlesnake meat, leather goods, and the heads and rattles are sold to the folks who create those grotesque stuffed rattlesnakes you see for sale in tourist shops and on EBay.
Some of the snakes that survive and decide to eat in captivity may end up staying at the venom labs, where they will serve a purpose of supplying venom which is used in the making of anti-venom. However, this is probably a very small number of the snakes collected.
When the rattlesnake roundups were first started, it was because Ross Allen of the Silver Springs Reptile Institute was buying up most of the snakes collected, for the extraction of venom for making anti-venom. And the local folks collected snakes that were near their homes and schools and communities. The snakes that lived close to the communities are long gone, and now days, the folks are going out into wilderness areas to collect snakes for the roundups that are of almost no threat to humans.
Best Regards JohnZ
Best Regards JohnZ
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by SCatheris on February 9, 2008
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dont pray for em wish it upon them lol John I knew they did the whole gasoline thing. for Mr. Jenkins I'm sure you included that they take part in keeping the plague and other diseases from being spread??
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by southerngirl on March 4, 2008
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Just for your thought, have you ever thought about what would happen if these guys didn't go out and round up these snakes for their venom??? Have you ever thought about if your child needed that venom or yourself? They don't kill the snakes they will either release them after they have been milked or they sale them. These types of Round-ups have nothing to do with the killing of them if thats what happens...if a Rattlesnake comes up in your back yard and your 2 year old is playing what are you going to do? Kill it or let it go so that it can come back unexpected and bite you or your child. Diamondbacks love clean areas so someones back yard is the perfect spot for them to sun bathe! Read up on it and you'll find out, also why don't you read more into these round-ups before you start bashing them. I think its a good thing considering that the hospital that I've worked at before had a snake bite and couldn't treat it until they got venom from a vet or another hospital! The man almost died from the bite. If it weren't for these brave people going out and doing this many people would die each year from snake bites!
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by Cro on March 4, 2008
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Emily, thanks for your reply. However, some of your "facts" are wrong.
The labs who make anti-venom purchase hundreds of venomous snakes that are collected in the field, or on roads during the snake`s active season.
These snakes have not been "Gassed" out of their winter dens by the Claxton and other roundup folks, and can survive for years at the venom labs.
Snakes that have been forced out of tortiose burrows get gasoline fumes in their lungs, and often develope pnemonias that kill them within a couple of months.
They are not suitable for long term living at venom labs.
Releasing a gassed snake after it is milked once is of little value, as the snake is still likely to die from the exposure to the gasoline, and one milking will yeald only a small amount of venom. That is why that your "brave" hunters have to venture further each year to find rattlesnakes.
As far as your hospital that did not stock anti-venom, there is no excuse for that at all, and it is very irresponsible if the hospital is located in parts of the country where venomous snakes are found. Any hospital should stock at least 5 to 10 vials of anti-venom, to be able to at least start treatment of a bite until more anti-venom is found. They should not have to go to vets or other hospitals for anti-venom.
Having anti-venom on hand is because dedicated snake hunters catch snakes from the wild without gassing them out of their winter gopher tortiose burrows, and supply the venom labs with these snake. The work of those brave folks is what is going to save the life of your 2 year old who gets snake bitten, not the work of those who capture roundup snakes.
The "brave" rednecks at Claxton and other roundups are contributing almost nothing that goes into producing anti-venom for snakebite treatment.
I would encourage the folks of Claxton, GA, and Sweet Water, Texas to change their spring festibles to be something like the Fitzgerald's Annual Wild Chicken Festival, which allows folks to have fun, and does not have folks going out and killing rattlesnakes from their wintering dens. Every year the snake hunters have to range further and further out to find rattlesnakes, and are taking those snakes from wild area where there are no humans for them to endanger. You long ago eliminated almost all of the local rattlesnakes where you live. But, this encouragement will only work if the folks in Claxton are as bright as those in Fitzgerald, which is not likely.
If you folks in Claxton will do that, you could have wildlife artist festivals, and spring festivals that will bring in tons of tourists, and help your economy, and not label you as a bunch of red neck hicks.
Until you do this, I will continue to urge folks to not buy Claxton Fruit Cakes to boycott your town. I went to school with Bill Claxton, and he was a friend. However, I know that Claxton Fruit Cake Company is a major employer in your town, and until you stop the roundups, I can not support anything that supports your town, and will urge others to do the same.
You have exterminated the local rattlesnake populations, and there is no reason that you should be going out into wilderness areas to capture rattlesnakes by gassing them out of burrows, and to keep your festival going each year.
Hope that this makes some since to you, however, I am fairly doubtfull that folks in towns who hold roundups will be able to change, as they are just not all that bright, and not likely to change their ways and old fashioned and archaic habits.
JohnZ
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by j2j on July 1, 2008
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just to clarify a few things:
They did once gas the snakes out, but this is no longer a practice the folks use as they have learned of the ill affects to the snakes.
also, they do indeed release most of the snakes back into the wild and some are even tagged for future reference. there has been a tremendous change in how this event is run since it's early days...which by the way it was started when a local was bitten and almost died because the local hospital didn't have antivenom.
and Who the hell is Bill Claxton, and what has he got to do with anything?
BTW, I grew up in Claxton Ga and still have family there. I've been to many of these roundups, have you?
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