Handler emphasises need to conserve urban snakes
Nick also mentioned that most snake bites occur when people try to confront and kill snakes.
ON Friday evening, 8 April, the Kenneth Stainbank honorary officers held a talk on snakes at the Wilderness School which is sited within the Yellowwood Park Stainbank Nature Reserve.
Herpetologist and well-known snake wrangler Nick Evans gave a good presentation, followed by a showing of some live snakes.
Snakes play a vitally important role in the environment by keeping a check on other creatures which are considered pests
This kept young and old entertained for more than an hour. He drove home the idea that snakes are very important to the environment and highlighted the need to conserve them before they become extinct from urban areas. Snakes play a vitally important role in the environment by keeping a check on other creatures which are considered pests, like rats, mice and toads.
Nick also mentioned that most snake bites occur when people try to confront and kill snakes. Instead, it is best to leave snakes alone, or phone a professional snake catcher to safely remove the troublesome snake.
it is best to leave snakes alone, or phone a professional snake catcher
For educational demonstrations at your place of work or at school, or for snake removals, call Nick Evans on 072-809-5806 or for snake removals in the Durban South area, call Warren Dick on 072-211-0353.
nickevanskzn@gmail
www.kznamphibianreptileconservation.com
