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Originally Posted by simesy75

there is enviromental officers onsite it is a legal requirement. but they have not had any contact with snakes.

in WA people come to site and teach you the safe way to capture snake and release them away from the mine just looking for someone over here. definatly not going to employee someone to sit one a mine site to remove one snake a week

It seems almost criminal to have "environmental officers" on site and yet not be trained/suitable for the environment they are working in!

Shouldn't local fauna education be part of the site induction program (especially for environmental officers)? Being situated in an area where wildlife encounters are more common place than in a 'built up area' like a city, your local 'environmental specialist' should know how to handle the occasional appearance of a "snake".