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Study on relocation of snakes shows disappointing results
(Cindy Steinle) - Friday, Mar 14, 2025




As humans expand into natural areas that snakes inhabit, relocation of many species often occurs. Great care is taken to find what is felt to be suitable habitat, but is that the answer? Do snakes actually adjust? Do the snakes reestablish and thrive?

That is a question lead ANU Associate Professor Gavin Smith in Australia to embark on a long term study with the venomous Eastern Brown. In 2021 Canberra Snake Tracking Project was hatched to look at the impact of translocation on snakes in urban areas.

The project has tracked snakes that have been caught in homes and backyards in Canberra and then relocated into reserves, as well as snakes which already call those reserves home.

This approach allows the team to compare differences in movement activity and survivorship, and changes in body condition over time between individuals in the two groups.

The initial findings show the translocated snakes move in more erratic and unpredictable ways, and are exposed to a much higher burden of risk as a result of being moved out of their home ranges where they possess an acute awareness of the location of key resources.

To read more about this very interesting study click here.

ACTION ALERT SOUTH CAROLINA: Proposed Statewide Venomous Ban
(Cindy Steinle) - Tuesday, Mar 11, 2025



There is an update to the proposed South Carolina Venomous Ban. The meeting is being held next week. This is a proposed STATEWIDE ban. From the USARK update:

This bill is scheduled to be heard by the Wildlife Subcommittee on Wednesday, March 19th at 12:30 PM. The location is: Blatt Building Room 409, 1105 Pendleton St, Columbia, SC 29201. Written testimony should be emailed to EllieHayes@schouse.gov. You can also email to register to speak. Send another comment even if you have already done so, and any stakeholders should attend the hearing to oppose in person. Read the agenda at https://www.scstatehouse.gov/agendas/126h15107.pdf


Just a reminder that they are including a grandfather clause for current owners who can register their animals and receive permits within 90 days of the law going into effect. There are exemptions included for research facilities and zoos as well.

The proposed banned list is:
Venomous reptiles banned, including hybrids: families Elapidae, Crotalidae, Viperidae, and Hydrophiidae; all reptiles in the genus Heloderma; all reptiles in the family Colubridae belonging to the genera: Rhabdophis, Balanophis, Macropisthodon, Boiga, Dispholidus, Thelotornis, and Thrasops, and all reptiles in the family Atractaspididae.

USARK has supplied sample letters as well as all the contact information in their action alert which can be found here.
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