Advocates for Snake Preservation

The Lake Providence Snake Rodeo IS OVER The unethical slaughter and waste of wildlife at the Lake Providence Snake Rodeo IS OVER. Together we stopped a 60-year old snake-killing contest!

Huge thanks to Louisiana Amphibian and Reptile Enthusiasts and Louisiana State Herpetologist Keri Lejeune for leading the fight.

This win proves that when we come together, we can protect wildlife!

Learn more at www.livingwithsnakes.org/rodeo

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"WIN FOR SNAKES! The Lake Providence Snake Rodeo IS OVER" written on a Southern Watersnake loosely coiled in an evergreen tree branch

🐍🎉 VICTORY: The Lake Providence Snake Rodeo is gone!

For years, snakes were slaughtered for prizes at this cruel event. But thanks to thousands of voices speaking up, Louisiana has banned these wasteful wildlife-killing contests.

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A WPA-style poster in shades of brown, black, tan, and blue shows a park ranger in silhouette looking at Horseshoe Falls at El Capitan in Yosemite National Park – an upside-down American flag hangs from the cliff. Text reads “Stand up for National Parks & Public Lands Saturday, March 1 – Nationwide day of action - @ResistanceRangers” Text at the bottom reads “433 Park Sites, 433 Protests, 1Day – Worth Fighting For”

Yellow text on an olive background reads “Protect your parks protest – March 1st at noon, @ResistanceRangers”

Yellow text on olive background read “Protest ideas: hand out flyers to cars, put up a sign in front of webcams, hang a banner, hand a flag upside down, march in a gateway town, or rally inside the park. Picket around the park sign, share photos online - #ProtectOurParks #RehireParkRangers - @ResistanceRangers”

Yellow text on an olive background reads “Noon on Saturday March 1st Protect your parks protest – protest at your closest National Park site. Demand that parks and park rangers be protected. With your help, there will be protests at all 433 park sites. @ResistanceRangers”

Park rangers want YOU to help us protect our parks! This Saturday, 3/1, in solidarity with the 50:50:1 movement, plan a protest in support of your closest national park. Do it at 12 noon your time, or whatever best fits your secret plan 👀🤠😏

#ProtectOurParks #SaveOurParks #RehireRangers

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Year of the Snake: a serpent selection to celebrate Lunar New Year! Enjoy some of our favourite snake research from across our journals.

A link to some rad snake developments so far this year!
#yearofthesnake2025 @snakeweek.bsky.social
@iucn-snake.bsky.social #snakeweek2025

20.02.2025 21:40 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Since the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum opened its doors, it has worked to understand, connect people to and protect the natural systems of the Sonoran Desert Region.

#snakeweek #snakeweek2025

📷 Tom Weaver

25.02.2025 13:23 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1

Follow @snakeweek.bsky.social and check out the partner organization profiles they post daily!

17.02.2025 14:38 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Snakes become 'very disoriented', lose weight and get sick when relocated Hundreds of snakes are moved from backyards, inside homes and other urban areas into reserves and bushland around Canberra each year — but until now, little has been known about what happens to snakes...

You might have seen this recent press release saying that the study has shown translocation is not working well for these snakes. (it works better for some others, like rattlesnakes, as long as short distance) www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02... 3/3

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We are excited to announce SNAKE WEEK 2025! To celebrate the Lunar New Year, dozens of organizations around the world will hold snake-themed events from 13-19 July, online and in-person. We are your hub for connecting to these groups and events! #SnakeWeek #SnakeWeek2025

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Snakes are CUTE (ie ‘appealing in a pretty or endearing way’).

Who is with me? 🐍

21.11.2024 23:48 — 👍 139    🔁 19    💬 13    📌 6

Gophersnakes Play Rough Not all snake combat is as gentle as that of the Panamint Rattlesnakes described so beautifully by Ceal in The Art of Gentle Combat. In May 2011, we stumbled upon a Gophersnake love triangle and we…

Are you ready for a Snake Break? Here’s a fun story for you:

www.snakes.ngo/gophersnakes...

28.12.2024 14:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Bluto bites Popeye (Gophersnakes: tan snakes with reddish-brown to dark brown blotches) in an attempt to deter him from courting Olive Oyl.

We noticed a long, dark form on the dirt road from afar. We approached to find Bluto, whose chocolate-colored blotches contrasted against a pale yellow background. He headed directly to a juniper at the road’s edge. By the time we drew our cameras, he had vanished into a burrow.

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Deb, a female Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake (fat tan rattlesnake with light brown blotches) with one of her newly shed babies (approximately the size of her head)

Lucky for me, the neighbor lady called ASP. She found out what snakes are really like, and was delighted to have one nest at her doorstep.

Can you turn ‘EEK!’ into ‘AWW!’ for snakes like me?

👉 Just hit that Donate button: www.snakes.ngo/donate

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Whoopsie! This cozy pad just so happened to be right outside the neighbor lady’s back door — and boy, did she jump when she opened that door! 🥴

Had I just made a terrible mistake?

I know you would like to have us nest in your yard. But I get it — sometimes we just freak people out.

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Deb, a huge female Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake (fat tan rattlesnake with light brown blotches) coiled next to a rock on sandy soil

Hi! I’m Deb the Diamondback! 🧡🐍 Let me tell ya, life can be hard for a snake like me.
This past summer was HOT. As a mama-to-be, I was excited to find a nest site with a roof over my head and cool concrete under my belly.

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Tell FedEx: Stop Exploiting a Snake's Painful Death for Profit In August 2023, a FedEx driver killed a Prairie Rattlesnake. Apparently FedEx either lacks or fails to consistently enforce a policy against employees deliberately killing animals. Now, FedEx has dec...

Tell FedEx: Stop Exploiting a Snake's Painful Death for Profit.

A commercial that portrays a driver who killed the rattlesnake as a hero — complete with scenes of him taping up a snake — is disgusting and unacceptable.
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

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Check out our new video! One of our top 10 snake observations of all time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C8S...

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Thanks to our community, we’re on track to help 500 families locally — and thousands more online — learn to coexist with snakes by the end of 2024. 🌎✨

Compassion for snakes is contagious. Let’s keep it going.

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Sonoran Whipsnake peeking through green leaves with a quote from Diane: “I no longer shudder at a snake in the yard and I’ve tried to educate family and friends, so fewer of these amazing creatures are killed”

"Don’t be the best at what you do, be the only one doing it."

We don't just educate people about snakes. We inspire them to love these amazing creatures.🐍💚

Take Diane: She was terrified of snakes before attending one of our presentations. Learning the truth changed everything.

📷 Sonoran Whipsnake

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