10-07-2017, 01:51 PM
I feel just sick about this. Right now the garter snakes are gathering in the inter lake region of Manitoba in preparation for hibernation. The snakes will go down into the limestone caves and sleep through the long cold winter.
A University of Manitoba Grad student has been studying the snakes and visits them three times a week. When he arrived this time he found dozens of them had been brutally killed. These are such harmless snakes and this is a vulnerable time of year for them.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/dead-snak...-1.3623234
This is a terrible act of cruelty against a creature that lives its life quietly and does nothing to harm us. Garter snakes don't compete with us for food. They were in a remote area so they were not bothering anyone. It was uncontrolled violence against harmless animals.
I feel sick just thinking about how they suffered. I feel sick about the loss of healthy animals at a time when survival of the species is at risk. These snakes have died and so have all their future offspring with them. There should be a special crime designation for killing the future of a species and putting it at risk. This is more than just cruelty. This is a hate crime against a species. I doubt they will catch anyone, but I hope that karma is on the job. Things should not go well for this person or persons in the future.
A University of Manitoba Grad student has been studying the snakes and visits them three times a week. When he arrived this time he found dozens of them had been brutally killed. These are such harmless snakes and this is a vulnerable time of year for them.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/dead-snak...-1.3623234
This is a terrible act of cruelty against a creature that lives its life quietly and does nothing to harm us. Garter snakes don't compete with us for food. They were in a remote area so they were not bothering anyone. It was uncontrolled violence against harmless animals.
I feel sick just thinking about how they suffered. I feel sick about the loss of healthy animals at a time when survival of the species is at risk. These snakes have died and so have all their future offspring with them. There should be a special crime designation for killing the future of a species and putting it at risk. This is more than just cruelty. This is a hate crime against a species. I doubt they will catch anyone, but I hope that karma is on the job. Things should not go well for this person or persons in the future.
Catherine