Why in the World Are these People SMILING????????????

[727geckokid]

:main_no::main_no::main_no: Do They Not Work At An ANIMAL "Hospital"?????
Are Snake and Reptiles Not ANIMALS???????
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jul/31/200-pound-snake-killed-okechobee-adds-mounting-pyt/

This Just Pisses me off:main_angry: They are having a Hay Day Down in the Everglades Shooting these Large Snakes... While I do not agree with Non Native Species Being introduced, I dont think this is the way to go about it.. And i also Dont know how I would go about it but not this way.. The People in the picture Work at an Animal Hospital and are supposed to be Saving Lifes not grinning from ear to ear because a Life was Taken.... PURE IGNORANCE!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[snakegirl]

???yeah that does seem very odd? how in the heck do they get off smiling let alone someone saying "lets take a photo" i could see some little punks doing it thinking it cool...but staff of a animal hospital holding a dead snake smiling like there going to hang this up in there office...sick.

 

[GeckoGal]

that kinda seems like a oxymoron to me... ?

 

[thestack510]

I agree with you kid. Those people suck for that. I think they should hire experienced herpers to wrangle Pythons and search out nests. I imagine they do, but they need more. I'd do it. I love constrictors.

 

[Krow]

BOOO ON THOSE STUPID PEOPLE!!!!! Some animal hospital, that snake would be much better in a zoo so you could actually see it ALIVE!!! BOOOOO!!!!

 

[thestack510]

I agree Nancy. That's a lot of snake. They should have used it to educate people about them, not display it dead. BOOOOOOOOOO!

 

[snared99]

Ok im gonna play a little devils advocate here....

Now the vet clinic did scan the animal for a microchip to place it with its owner, but the owner did not have it chipped....Strike One

The owner is responsible for the welfare and care of this animal, and it is roaming around free in the wild...Strike two

A burm that big can consider alot of things prey and can be very dangerous, plus would you want to take your dog/cat to a vet clinic with a 200+ pound burn out side??... stirke three

I do not beleive the snake should have been euthanized, but rather rehomed if possible. Zoo's, in most cases CAN NOT take these animals, the animals can not be taken from the wild or private owners in most cases. You can posses a permit to take animals in the wild but alot of zoos trade with each other, or get animals from certified places(I work in a zoo I know the process).

Now the reason im playing alittle devils advocate it because everyone here is blaming that vet hospitol, WHAT ABOUT THE IGNORANT OWNER?? It is owners like this that place fire to all these banning bills we see. People chip your animals if they are dangerous, it is just a smart thing to do. The only reason i can see for not having your pet/breeder burm chipped is the owner does not want to be responsible for any actions they or the snake may do. Chipping costs all of $30, so i dont buy the BS that you cannot afford it. Seriously if you cant afford proper care and a ID system you cant afford the pet.

Sorry about my long rant but we need to start promoting more responsible owners, it is not the snakes fault.

 

[Barbel]

They actually have created teams of people to go out and hunt these animals. They are supposed to capture and humanely euthinize these giant snakes. They really don't have any other option. The snakes can not be made into pets because they have become wild and it would be too dangerous for people to keep them yet they need to be removed from the wild because they are disrupting the environment. If the animal hospital needed to kill the snake, though it sucks, I kind of see the reason behind it BUT I don't think they should have showed it off like that. I think it just creates more fear in ignorant people even though they have determined that wild burms are not a threat to humans.
I agree that the blame for each death of every wild burm needs to be placed on the shoulders of the irresponsible people that let them go. If it weren't for those idiots they wouldn't have to be killed in the first place.
Here is an interview with Greg Granziani, a prominent snake breeder, discussing the issue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q0Kyj3TwI4

 

[BalloonzForU]

Ok im gonna play a little devils advocate here....

Now the vet clinic did scan the animal for a microchip to place it with its owner, but the owner did not have it chipped....Strike One

The owner is responsible for the welfare and care of this animal, and it is roaming around free in the wild...Strike two

A burm that big can consider alot of things prey and can be very dangerous, plus would you want to take your dog/cat to a vet clinic with a 200+ pound burn out side??... stirke three

I do not beleive the snake should have been euthanized, but rather rehomed if possible. Zoo's, in most cases CAN NOT take these animals, the animals can not be taken from the wild or private owners in most cases. You can posses a permit to take animals in the wild but alot of zoos trade with each other, or get animals from certified places(I work in a zoo I know the process).

Now the reason im playing alittle devils advocate it because everyone here is blaming that vet hospitol, WHAT ABOUT THE IGNORANT OWNER?? It is owners like this that place fire to all these banning bills we see. People chip your animals if they are dangerous, it is just a smart thing to do. The only reason i can see for not having your pet/breeder burm chipped is the owner does not want to be responsible for any actions they or the snake may do. Chipping costs all of $30, so i dont buy the BS that you cannot afford it. Seriously if you cant afford proper care and a ID system you cant afford the pet.

Sorry about my long rant but we need to start promoting more responsible owners, it is not the snakes fault.

They actually have created teams of people to go out and hunt these animals. They are supposed to capture and humanely euthinize these giant snakes. They really don't have any other option. The snakes can not be made into pets because they have become wild and it would be too dangerous for people to keep them yet they need to be removed from the wild because they are disrupting the environment. If the animal hospital needed to kill the snake, though it sucks, I kind of see the reason behind it BUT I don't think they should have showed it off like that. I think it just creates more fear in ignorant people even though they have determined that wild burms are not a threat to humans.
I agree that the blame for each death of every wild burm needs to be placed on the shoulders of the irresponsible people that let them go. If it weren't for those idiots they wouldn't have to be killed in the first place.
Here is an interview with Greg Granziani, a prominent snake breeder, discussing the issue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q0Kyj3TwI4

I agree with both of you about releases and blame should be placed on the keepers that set them free. However don't forget that there were a large number of burms that escaped pet stores during Hurricane Andrew, 17 years ago and have become very well established in the glades. I'm in no way defending the ones that have released them into the wild as that is one of my biggest pet peeves.

I'm glad they do not show the head end in that photo, due to the mannor that they have chosen to kill the burms in the hunts down there.

 

[snowgyre]

Felicia is right, the reason Burmese pythons are hitting the news so hard lately isn't just because of the whole public relations disaster of the little girl getting killed, but also because these snakes have an established breeding population in the Everglades. Not all of those big snakes are actually captive animals, some are actually animals that were born in the wild. As such, they've never experienced human contact, and could potentially be very, very dangerous. Remember, even animals that have been domesticated for centuries can become dangerous when they go feral. Burmese pythons are hardly domesticated, and wild pythons pose a very real safety threat not just to people, but to wildlife as well.

By the way, there is no method more humane than a bullet to the brain. I really don't understand why people have such a stigma against death by bullet? Perhaps people are inherently afraid of guns now (which is a shame)? An animal that is killed by a bullet to the brain experiences no pain, whereas death by gas chamber can be extremely stressful. In addition, death by drugs makes that animal's carcass a hazardous material, and the carcass has to be incinerated by a hazmat facility, and this is extremely expensive. A bullet costs about a quarter.

Honestly, I hope they at least used the snake in some fashion, whether they harvested its skin or ate its meat. At least then the animal was given some sort of respect instead of just being killed and wastefully discarded.