snake killing tool being sold online

[haroldo359]

This came in an email from www.CNAH.com

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NEWS RELEASE
The Center for North American Herpetology
Lawrence, Kansas
www.cnah.org
6 March 2005

Snake Snare Snaps Spines
Device Designed to Decapitate

As if the general public’s view on snakes were not already bad enough, a
company called SnakeSnare, LLC, in Iowa has taken it to the next level.
"SnakeSnare" is a device designed to intentionally decapitate wild snakes.

"SnakeSnare" is marketed on the internet and promotes use in areas like
neighborhoods and golf courses, "Where gunfire is impractical or illegal." The
website mentions that the product "can" capture a snake for relocation, but is
actually designed for "instant decapitation."

The marketing of the product seems to promote extermination of wild snakes,
and the site actually quotes the old adage "a good snake is a dead snake."

If you would like to voice your concerns about this product and it’s marketing
objectives, please see their website at

www.snakesnare.com

and voice your concerns.

Submitted by
Dean Alessandrini
Vice-President
The Greater Cincinnati Herpetological Society

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So after a little research, I came up with the follwing information:

ok, this is a call to all members. Go to all of the sites you belong to and post this article. Make sure people know to go to the site and send emails to the company voicing their concerns about this product.

Please do not use threats or insults. Be calm, collected, and cool.

This is the site used to register the domain:

www.enom.com/

This is the host of the domain:

www.zenutech.com/

This is the registars data:

Registrant Contact:
SnakeSnare, LLC
John Keyloun (Whois Privacy and Spam Prevention by Whois Source)
+1.6027283336
Fax: [phone]
1201 S. McClintock Dr. #114
Tempe, AZ 85281
US

Pass this info along to everyone you know in the herp community. Let's start sending emails and snail mail to this guy who sells a such a inhumane item.

[haroldo359]

note: i copied and pasted that from someone else to help spread the word.

[joe]

THat bad. Ill post this at another forum okay.

[Amber]

Ahhh thats typical human! Humans are such a selfish species!

I hear even in florida, people don't see many snakes, humans could easily walk around the snakes, and just leave them alone, but instead, they have to kill them!

Grrrr!

[herpkingdom]

Thanks Haroldo for posting this here.

I wanted to add a link to a page that contains a listing of all of the sites this is now an active topic.

Please visit this link:
herpkingdom.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1050

Look through the sites listed. If you know of a site that is not listed, shoot me an email or post the site name at the link above so I can go get it posted.

There is also a link to a petition/boycott that was started as well.

If you have posted this on a site and after checking out the above link and not seeing that site, please either post it at the above link or shoot me an email at [e-mail]


Thanks,

Jim Dixon
Herp World

[haroldo359]

www.petitiononline.com/HW652005/petition.html

[wizsh1]

That is horrible. Ill make sure to post it.

[joe]

I signed it.m Now its at 21.

[haroldo359]

thanks everyone.