Stop Killing Snakes Because They Scare You
would it be ok to do this to other animals?
Snake Season
It is snake season and I am a chicken-momma. This time of year, we have several snake encounters. Snakes will find their way into the chicken pens and kill the baby chicks or eat the eggs. But as bothersome and upsetting as this may be we adhere to a strict no-kill snake policy on my property. I have probably relocated dozens of snakes over the years to protect my baby chicks or to simply get the snakes to a safer area where they are less likely to be killed by humans.
We Shouldn’t Kill Things Because They Scare Us
One good scroll through Facebook this time of year and it is apparent that not all people care to let snakes go on their way and insist on killing them regardless of their imminent threat. One such friend this week posted a video of a headless copperhead snake writhing on their sidewalk boasting that they’d killed it. It took me several days to get that terrible image out of my head.
While venomous snake encounters can be terrifying, we can simply give the snake a wide berth and stay at a safe distance. A quick blast of cold water from the water hose is enough to encourage the snake to move on its way.
