I have only been to the Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup once. I was both amazed and appalled at the spectacle.
It is sort of both amazing and appalling that there are so many rattlesnakes out in West Texas that every year thousands can be rounded up and murdered, with a fresh supply ready to be rounded up for a repeat the next year. And the year after. And the one after that.
The Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup takes place every year on the second weekend of March. The roundup begins on Thursday and ends on Sunday, so it is what is known as a long weekend.
There are those who strongly object to the Sweetwater rattlesnakes being rounded up and murdered. People like Robert Piller, from whom I got the email you see above.
Robert insists that "The snakes will have their day."
And that "If there's anyone out there that opposes this butchery and has information that might assist, then please get in touch. We intend to go global."
Robert ends his email message with...
Robert Piller
Campaign Against the Trade in Endangered Species...
Are rattlesnakes an Endangered Species? They seem sort of prolific to be endangered, but what do I know?
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