RECENTLY
A SNAKE HANDLER WAS BITTEN AND KILLED WHILE SHOWING A BROWN SNAKE TO AN
AUDIENCE DURING A DEMONSTRATION IN SYDNEY, WHILE A BRISBANE-BASED SNAKE HANDLER WAS KILLED BY HIS TAIPAN.
In another incident in 2009 an audience member at a demonstration was inadvertently bitten by a Tiger Snake. The event was terminated as he was rushed to hospital in a coma. He survived after receiving intensive care for three days and several ampoules of antivenom. However he was critically ill and there were permanent long-term effects from the bite. An expensive lawsuit was the expected outcome. The government licenced demonstrator had long-term experience with handling venomous snakes but had been unable to avoid the incident.
There
have been numerous other serious bites, (fatal ones and near-fatal, so-called “near misses”) involving
snake handlers in Victoria and elsewhere in Australia and "innocent" members of the public who have also been bitten by deadly snakes that were not properly contained or had "escaped". See the partial list
here.
Only Snakebusters can give a watertight guarantee that there will be
no such accidents at their demonstrations.
Only Snakebusters have vet
certified surgically devenomized snakes that comply with Section 32 of the
OH and S Act 2004, in Victoria.
Only
Snakebusters can legally demonstrate venomous snake species in Victoria under
new laws and only Snakebusters can guarantee NO RISK.
Only Snakebusters can
say they don’t inflict pain on their snakes with sticks or tongs when doing
presentations.
Snakebusters put the welfare of
their animals and the public’s safety first!
Relevant links:
The creation of venomoid snakes
Newly licenced Victorian
demonstrator gets another near fatal Death Adder bite
“Killer tongs” used to inflict pain
and suffering on snakes
Venomoid bite video (world’s
deadliest snakes biting snake man Raymond Hoser)
It's official, Snakebusters are Australia's best reptiles!
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