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This article seems a little like a poorly researched rant. Correct me if I am wrong but at least in New South Wales (and likely all of Australia) all reptile species are protected by law and therefore it is illegal to kill them. This article has stated that the problem lies with the fact that it is not illegal, this is just foolish. The problem is education (to the writers credit he has mentioned this). The public needs to be educated about our snakes, the writer however seems as if he would have the danger of Australian snakes played down, this will not deter people from killing them, most people kill snakes simply because they get a kick out of it. Anyway, I thought his figures of deaths in the Middle-East, Africa and Asia were a ridiculous point for his argument.
1. Medical technologies in most of these areas are not up to scratch.
2. Many of these areas charge large sums of money that the average person cannot afford for anti-venom treatment.
3. The proximity of people to snakes per square kilometre in these areas would be quite significantly higher than in Australia, we are talking about areas smaller than Australia with significantly(emphasis on this) higher human populations. Not to mention many people in these areas handle animals irresponsibly