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Rattlesnake 'gassing' issue stumps state working group

More than a year after Texas Parks and Wildlife commissioners punted on a controversial proposal to ban the use of gasoline fumes to lure rattlesnakes out of hibernation, a working group they appointed to examine the matter has failed to come to any real consensus. At issue is the practice of “gassing,” in which gasoline is pumped or sprayed into caves and crevices to drive snakes from their winter dens for capture. Read more at The Austin American-Statesman…

Written by:
kristin
Published on:
January 21, 2016

Categories: General, Wildlife

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