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Old 01-18-2014, 06:44 PM
 
Location: Georgia, on the Florida line, right above Tallahassee
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FORT WORTH, Texas: Proposal to ban 'gassing' of rattlesnakes in Texas ignites backlash | National | ADN.com

FORT WORTH, Texas — State wildlife officials are circling Texas seeking public views on banning the controversial but 6-decade-old use of gasoline fumes to drive hated rattlesnakes out of cracks, crevices and sinkholes, and into the clutches of hunters who enter them at rattler roundup contests with top prizes of $500 or sell them to dealers at $10 a pound or more.

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Old 01-18-2014, 06:52 PM
 
Location: DFW
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That's the way you get them out of their dens.

It's all done on private property and will be very hard to enforce.

Abuse of a rattlesnake.
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Old 01-18-2014, 06:56 PM
 
Location: San Diego, CA
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Old 01-18-2014, 07:03 PM
 
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Maybe the PETA folks will go adopt em a rattlesnake to show us all how much they care.........lol
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Old 01-18-2014, 07:06 PM
 
Location: SWUS
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I don't know why people hate rattlesnakes so much.

They just want to cuddle.
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Old 01-18-2014, 07:31 PM
 
Location: Del Rio, TN
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Capture a few rattlers, put them in a box and ship them to PETA headquarters.
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