I do not understand the priciple of "lovable" in a wild animal. Grizz are not endowed with any emotional qualities....they just like to eat.....anything and everything. And will do what is necessary to get what it wants.
Rattlers, on the otherhand, are as plentiful in West Texas as anti-gun liberals in Massachusetts.
Oh, sorry, I guess that's an insult to rattlers.
Seriously, when I lived in Texas there was a Rattle-snake round up every year in Sweetwater. Some of THOSE people are on the otherside of sane. Contests in ..."How many rattlesnakes can you put in a burlap bag in 30 seconds." With bare hands....anti-venom is available to all contestants. The judge in this one can no longer compete......the anti-venom will not work on him as he has been bitten once too many times. There are rattlesnake chili cook-offs, beltmaking, braclets, headbands, boots, rattle sales.....and so on. A veritible carnival.
PETA is the next domestic terrorist organization. Some of those zealots will kill someone sooner or later for the sake of animals.
I've been to those "festivals." Used to piss my little brother off royally to see snake served as meat, LOL. He's another "dirty reptile lover."
I think the point is that nobody needs to put out large amounts of (what kind????) of gas to induce hundreds of snakes to slither to their deaths. It's not necessary. IF it was being done because of an overpopulation of rattlers that was threatening the populace, well, I think public sentiment would be in agreement.
Nobody would have a "grizzly roundup" just because there are a lot of them around, would they? Why is it ok with snakes?
I agree re: PETA. There are a lot of (mostly young) people out there who are learning to love animals and the "rights" of animals far more than their fellow human beings. Scary.