Persecution

Welcome to the Snake House

Here’s the final installment in our series of five inspiring stories to celebrate ASP’s fifth birthday (read them all here): 40 Rattlesnakes Discovered in Couple’s Shed! Usually headlines like that are followed by a story detailing how miraculously no one was hurt before the snakes were inevitably removed or killed. This is not that story.

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Don’t Let Fear Drive Wildlife Management in Massachusetts

Don’t Let Fear Drive Wildlife Management in Massachusetts Thanks to everyone who took action on this issue, we’ll provide updates as they become available. We have a sad, embarrassing history of persecuting animals we fear, often driving them to the brink of extinction. Timber rattlesnakes are one of many victims; they have been nearly extirpated

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Stop Snake Slaughter at Rattlesnake Roundups

WARNING: the following video is graphic and violent – it shows what happens at a rattlesnake roundup. Each year, tens of thousands of rattlesnakes are taken from the wild to be displayed and slaughtered for entertainment and profit at rattlesnake roundups. Professional hunters, not bound by ‘bag’ or ‘take’ limits, remove snakes from their native

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Wildlife Slaughter Persists at Rattlesnake Roundups Despite Conservation Efforts

Science does not support claims that roundups are required to prevent rattlesnake overpopulation. Each year, tens of thousands of rattlesnakes are taken from the wild to be displayed and slaughtered for entertainment and profit at rattlesnake roundups. Promoted as folksy, family-friendly fun, these events foster disrespect for native wildlife and the natural world, and the

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Mythical Mohave Rattlesnake

Mohave Greens have a notorious reputation in the West — but is it deserved? In short, NOPE. Read on to learn more about Mohave Rattlesnakes. Skip to: How to Identify a Mohave Mohave Rattlesnakes are easily confused with Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnakes, who are more widespread and (often) abundant. Here’s how to tell them apart. However,

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