Monday, August 30, 2010
F'ed Anyone else find this rattlesnake escape unsettling?
Posted by Gwynedd Stuart @gwynnstu on Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 12:33 PM
Zoo Atlanta Tiger Rattlesnake Found DeadATLANTA - Zoo Atlanta officials say a tiger rattlesnake that escaped from the Atlanta Zoo Friday has been found dead.
Zoo officials say they received a phone call Monday morning concerning a snake sighting.
A member of the reptile staff at Zoo Atlanta responded to the call on Atlanta Avenue at a vacant home that is being remodeled. Upon arrival, the snake was found dead on the front porch of the vacant home, say zoo officials.
Zoo spokeswoman Keisha N. Hines said the adult female rattlesnake escaped quarantine Friday.
The two-feet long snake was part of a shipment of confiscated snakes sent to the zoo by the Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Tiger rattlesnakes are native to Arizona and northwest Mexico.
What they failed to note in this particular article is that tiger rattlesnakes are the "most toxic" species of rattlesnake. Sure, it's real quaint to have a zoo in the middle of a neighborhood, until venomous creatures start escaping. And then this happens.
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Oh no question! First of all, Zoo officials thought she was still on the premises somewhere, but were open all weekend. Second, the creature left the premises, travelling through a neighborhood and no word yet on how she died. Some kiddo could easily find that discovery fascinating. Having been unemployed for some 2 years, some ought to stop taking it for granted they have a job, and start taking it seriously!!
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How could zoo officials know if the snake was on or off premises? Did it have a GPS device on its back? If you could get zoo folks to 'fess up, they would probably tell you they had no idea where this creature was.
I totally agree with Sdecember's comment above and the article. The Atlanta Zoo PR team seems to me to be completely incompetent and continues to fail to provide even the basics when it comes to informing the Atlanta community about the great (we heard of Mei Lan, but then poor Xi Lan is an afterthought) and less-than-great (this rattlesnake issue; oh, by the way, Mei Lan left and we don't care) events/incidents.
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