Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: MY FIRST VENOMOUS SNAKE HAND
cris said:
for those that havnt heard about it he sticks them in a fridge(this makes them go into a state of torpor and MAY reduce or eliminate pain) then surgically removes the venom glands and replaces them with silicone implants, According to him all opperations have been successful without any casualties. The snakes feed soon after the surgery and apparantly return to the exact same life style as before(without being tailed, hooked and pinned).
Its abit like tail docking in dogs it is of benifit to the owner and animal alike but obviously alot of ppl think it is wrong.
Actually, this is NOTHING like tail docking in dogs. Which I might add, is now illegal and had no benefit to owner or dogs, it is purely cosmetic.
Tail docking was done when the puppies are a few days old. A scissor snip, tail is cut and either a quick cauterise to the tip, or a stitch. Very quick, I will not say it was painless, as the puppies would jump and yelp, so they clearly didn't like it, but over in less than a minute.
There is no way that sticking a snake in a fridge, then performing an open surgery, without anaesthesia or pain killers can be considered similar to tail docking.
Did I mention tail docking, for all it's quickness, is illegal due to unneccessary cruelty ? Yeap, I think I did.
'Devenoming' would be rather akin to debarking a dog, which involves a similar sort of procedure, although debarking is done under anaesthesia and with pain killers. Did I mention that debarking is illegal too ? Another unneccessary procedure.
I still don't understand how it can be that docking tails, quick and over in a minute, and debarking, done with anaesthesia can be illegal, and yet devenoming isn't. Go figure.
