Pageant hopefuls decapitate, skin snakes at Rattlesnake Roundup

lol "paw paw"

If I didn't know any better, I'd have thought that was a video from The Onion News Network. It's so outrageous that it's funny... Well, it would be, if it wasn't actually real.

Also, if rattlesnakes in Texas are overpopulated, which is incredibly unlikely, that means vermin are WAY overpopulated. Which is a much worse problem for the environment, agriculture and even human safety as a whole. Carnivores rarely ever become truly overpopulated and when they do, that's usually a sign of much bigger environmental problems. But that isn't anywhere near the case here. Only a "Bubba" would assess any rattlesnake population as being overpopulated.

This is some sick s***

I've always been taught to never fear snakes, but to respect and understand them..I've grown to love, respect, and admire not just snakes, but all wildlife..This makes me so sad..Those poor snakes..Being dragged out of their homes to be thrown in with hundreds of others, the stress that would cause before being yanked around, milked, then uncleanly beheaded..
This just seems so wrong..We can justify treating an animal this way because snakes don't have "feelings" and show "emotions" like what we label dogs and cats..Dogs and cats need to be collected and euthanized much worse than these rattlers..and notice I say "euthanize" not publicly slaughtered..
If they don't start paying attention, theyre gonna cause their population to dwindle and hurt the ecosystem..*sigh*..

Sounds like sweetwater is over populated (with morons) maybe we need to have a roundup, these people disgust me.

Originally Posted by Elepheguttata007

I've always been taught to never fear snakes, but to respect and understand them..I've grown to love, respect, and admire not just snakes, but all wildlife..This makes me so sad..Those poor snakes..Being dragged out of their homes to be thrown in with hundreds of others, the stress that would cause before being yanked around, milked, then uncleanly beheaded..
This just seems so wrong..We can justify treating an animal this way because snakes don't have "feelings" and show "emotions" like what we label dogs and cats..Dogs and cats need to be collected and euthanized much worse than these rattlers..and notice I say "euthanize" not publicly slaughtered..
If they don't start paying attention, theyre gonna cause their population to dwindle and hurt the ecosystem..*sigh*..

very well put!

you have good clean fun and learn something and appreciate nature

But it's good clean fun..... ugh, people disgust me

Sadly, this will never stop in Sweetwater. Its been going on far too long and brings in far too much money for a little town like Sweetwater. People will even stay in Abilene in order to attend the event. At least they don't skin the snakes alive anymore...

I do know the further into the desert you get, the more rattlesnakes you see. Last year alone, we lost 2 ranch dogs to rattlesnake bites while protecting livestock. I know a lot of ranchers have been trying to introduce Texas Indigos in order to keep the population down. So as far as I know, they haven't ruined the eco-system. Yet...

But I've at least gotten my relatives to stop attending. It has been proven that the methods that they use to flush the rattlesnakes out kills the local fauna. Its one thing to hunt for food using sporting methods and its completely another thing to use methods that kill the land around it. Its sad and disgusting.

Originally Posted by Snake4me2

Sounds like sweetwater is over populated (with morons) maybe we need to have a roundup, these people disgust me.

Amen to that...

Wow, I live in Killeen and honestly haven't even heard of this event here. Crazy and disgusting. I know rattlers can be an issue, especially during their breeding season around here, but jeez, public slaughtering...funny, we cant do it to the things we eat (ie: Chicken, cattle and such) but we can publicly hold an event with MINORS attending! That is just brutal, where is PITA when you need someone to bring out animal rights?! This is truely sad for the poor snakes, and the nature around them which is being destroyed.
Sadly, we simply can not open up a hunting season for morons, if we could over half the human population would dwindle ROFL