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Man Bitten By Cobra Regains Consciousness
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by tigers9 on May 1, 2008
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Pretty good article considering the current anti exotic climate
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<<As far as the snake that bit her son and the others he keeps in a shed behind his home Hildreth's mother hopes she can convince her son to get rid of them after this but she's afraid he won't.
"He loves them like you love your kid,” she said.>>
http://www.myfoxorlando.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=6443716&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1
Man Bitten By Cobra Regains Consciousness
Last Edited: Thursday, 01 May 2008, 8:05 PM EDT
Created: Thursday, 01 May 2008, 8:05 PM EDT
A man carries a snake bag from the home where a man was bit by a cobra.
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Central Florida man bitten by Cobra
By Patrick Pegues
FOX 35 NEWS
SUMNTER COUNTY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35, Orlando) --Family members are clinging to hope for a man bitten by one of his deadly snakes.
And late Thursday they got a bit of good news when 50 year old Jack Hildreth regained consciousness.
Joy Hill a spokesperson with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission confirmed that two days after he was bitten Hildreth is continuing to recover.
Hildreth called 911 dispatchers early Wednesday morning saying an Indian Cobra had bit him on his thumb.
He was airlifted from Leesburg Regional Medical Center to Orlando Regional Medical Center and given massive doses of anti-venin.
And all relatives can do is watch as doctors try to save his life
."I held his hand and kissed him and hugged him and told him I loved him,” a woman who said she was his mother but refused to give her same said Thursday. “I saw tears coming out his eyes even though he really wasn't opening them."
While relatives watched and waited, investigators with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission visited the snake owner's home Thursday. Hildreth has dozens of venomous and non-venomous snakes and permits to not only own them but sell them as well.
Hill, the spokesperson for the agency, said it was just a routine check to make sure that where the snakes are kept and their individual containers are within state guidelines.
After inspecting Hildreth's snakes an investigator couldn't find anything wrong.
One neighbor isn't concerned about having so many snakes for neighbors.
"It didn't bother me at all,” said neighbor Ted Wuskell. “I did say to him as long as they didn't go out of the shed Jack I'm all set."
Hill said however she's gotten at least one call from Hildreth's neighbors wondering if there is anything to be concerned about. Hill said that's why they checked on the snakes.
She also said new rules that recently went into effect are meant to further the public's protection from people who keep dangerous animals.
Snake owners are now required to post a sign on the building where the snakes are housed so people know where they are. They're also required to have a disaster plan in case of emergency.
As far as the snake that bit her son and the others he keeps in a shed behind his home Hildreth's mother hopes she can convince her son to get rid of them after this but she's afraid he won't.
"He loves them like you love your kid,” she said.
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by tigers9 on May 2, 2008
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OjK, if somebody (AR and others who want to use this snake bite against exotic ownership) are hoping for 0 percent that would be insane, as there is no possibility for 100 percent safety in life, that is utopia/dream, we live in the real world
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Cruz said that while the call for antivenin across the Southeast has risen since the team was formed 10 years ago, bites from exotic species like the Bushnell cobra bite make up only 2 percent of their business.
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http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/may/02/officials-wait-speak-man-bitten-snake/
Officials Wait To Speak To Man Bitten By Snake
By KEITH MORELLI | The Tampa Tribune
Published: May 2, 2008
TAMPA - Florida wildlife officers will wait until next week to speak with a Bushnell man who was left in critical condition after he was bitten by a pet cobra.
Jack Eugene Hildreth, 50, was bitten on the thumb Wednesday and admitted to Orlando Regional Medical Center on Thursday.
The Miami-Dade County Fire Rescue Venom Response Team, which stores and ships antivenin for all kinds of bites, shipped 20 vials of cobra antivenin to the hospital.
Team Chief Al Cruz said Friday that some bite patients require less antivenin and some require twice as much.
Cruz said that while the call for antivenin across the Southeast has risen since the team was formed 10 years ago, bites from exotic species like the Bushnell cobra bite make up only 2 percent of their business.
Antivenins are as varied as venomous snakes. The venom response team's antivenin bank has antidotes for every kind of venomous snake. People bitten by exotic snakes should make note of what kind of snake it is, Cruz said.
But for anyone bitten by any kind of indigenous snake, except for a coral snake, identifying the viper makes no difference since the antivenin administered is all the same, he said.
The venom response team also provides antidotes for other types of bites, including those from venomous insects like black widow and brown recluse spiders.
Calls for antivenins for exotic snake bites are few because of the difficulty in getting permits to keep them, he said. The regulations require experience in handling exotic species and most who have permits know what they're doing, he said.
Over the past few years, bites from venomous snakes indigenous to Florida have decreased, he said, thanks in part to education about how to avoid contact.
These bites increase between April and October, when local reptiles become more active.
Hildreth, 50, called 911 after midnight Wednesday saying he had been bitten by his pet Indian cobra. He was conscious when paramedics arrived but lost consciousness soon after, authorities said.
Hildreth has a permit from the state to possess venomous reptiles. His permit expires Jan. 7.
Reporter Keith Morelli can be reached at (813) 259-7760 or kmorelli@tampatrib.com
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