• Rattlesnake roundups are cruel events involving the torture and slaughter of thousands of snakes
• Thousands of rattlesnakes are caught, some are slaughtered on site, some snakes mouthes are sown shut so they can be played with by anyone which leads to starvation and stress related deaths.
• Rattlesnakes are important to the ecosystem for rodent controll, with out rattlesnakes rodent populations will explode causing millions of dollars of damage.
• these events are causing the slow yearly decline of some spices yet others have already been driven to being endangered.