Free - Copperheads

Are they all spoken for?

No, just the ones that have been posted on this thread are unavailable.

Well, unless they aren't picked up. They're still here, people have just claimed them.

#s 8, 9, and 3 #s 11 and 4 are still on hold. The rest are still available.

Oops, #s 8, 9, and 3 have gone to their new home.

Good Luck! And a free bump for you!

l but two have gone to their new homes

maybe a stupid question, but copper heads are native to that area..Instead of putting any of them down why not just let them go in a national forest or something..im sure they will start to eat when released?

Well, first all have found homes now. And second, it is against regulations to let an animal that has been a captive for so long be released back into the wild. This is because there is a risk for disease transmission from the captive animals to the wild population. Wild populations would not have had the chance to encounter some of the diseases that captive animals are exposed to, and so if you released an animal with one of those diseases it could be detrimental to the entire wild population and therefore may a lot of damage, even extinction, to that wild population. This is what happened with chytrid fungus in frogs. It is the reason why many frog species are threatened with extinction, and why other species are already extinct. It was all due to a captive animal being released back into the wild.

i really hate some of the stuff they do in the name of science at the expense of animals. they need to take more focus into properly caring for them while in captivity and having a plan laid out for where the snakes will go afterwards.