FWC Officer “euthanises” 30+ pet snakes on “Holy Thursday” …

[tabby]

Further info is in the description of the video, viewer discretion advised.

https://youtu.be/BuimdwINSzk

 

[tabby]

Officers* ... sorry for the typo in the title.


For those interested, here is a PDF explainging the complications of euthanizing repitles.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chameleonforums.com%2Fattachments%2Feuthanasia-of-reptiles-baines-davies2004-pdf.13220%2F&ved=2ahUKEwiItLjQv9fdAhUhxYMKHWXKBw84ChAWMAB6BAgGEAE&usg=AOvVaw2Yo0TkHhtp5eKAnilDxLjJ

The snakes in this video were not ethically "killed". The method the Officers used resulted in the suffering of the animals before they eventually died. The pregant boa you see in the video was still moving and alive 20 minutes later after being punctured in the head.

Given the timing, honestly I don't think it's a coincidence they did this on the enemy holiday.

 

[Yurei]

Disgusting. Kikes and kike worshippers hate nature.

 

[Shakra]

Honestly, this only barely scratches the surface of what xtards do to snakes in honor of their kike on a stick. The officers were just trigger happy and ended up mistakenly killing that python.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdHwXfHUPSg
This video is by far worse. There are literally some xtians who associate snakes with "Satan" and do all sorts of barbaric shit like stepping on them, skinning them alive etc...

 

[Ol argedco luciftias]

Depends on the species I guess, but snakes being euthanized is better than them being let into the wild if it is a location where that species does not naturally live. There are thousands of square miles of ecosystems that have been destroyed by invasive snakes.

Look at Florida, especially the everglades. People let out pet burmese pythons which get 20 feet long. These pythons also give birth to live children, and can have more than 60 children at one single time. And I think can also do this twice every year, but I'm not sure exactly how often. These pythons get big enough to eat deer, and even alligators. You can find videos of this. Most of the biodiversity in these areas has been killed and erased, with it being very difficult to find racoons, possums, and even squirrels and deer because so many of them have been eaten by the snakes. The snakes are bigger than everything else, there is nothing that they don't eat, and there is nothing that eats them.

Boa constrictors also can get more than 12 feet long, and are a similar kind of problem.


You could say it would be better for these snakes to be given to a person than it would be to euthanize them. But there are not many people who would take them, especially the bigger and more dangerous species. The types of people who want one of these snakes, they likely already have one. Another thing is the pet industry for many of these snakes have so many available that they can't sell them all because the supply is a thousand times higher than the demand. So someone who wants one for a pet would get one from a place selling the pets. An example of this is specifically Ball Pythons. So many people started breeding them to create strains of color and pattern mutations, because it is so easy to combine mutations to create even more strange and rare patterns. And one snake with this rare DNA can sell for tens of thousands of dollars to collectors. There are breeders who have warehouses with thousands of these snakes in any pattern or color you can imagine. You can look at Brian Barczyk's channel on Youtube. He has this kind of wherehouse with many thousands of snakes.

And only a small percentage of them are sold to be pets because not so many people are buying them. These snakes can live for 60-80 years, so it is not something people are buying as often as a dog or a cat.

 

[tabby]

Depends on the species I guess, but snakes being euthanized is better than them being let into the wild if it is a location where that species does not naturally live. There are thousands of square miles of ecosystems that have been destroyed by invasive snakes.
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And only a small percentage of them are sold to be pets because not so many people are buying them. These snakes can live for 60-80 years, so it is not something people are buying as often as a dog or a cat.

One doesn't need to sell them to have them re-homed. There are rescues and a whole community connected that handles reptiles. The owner managed to re-home over a hundred snakes of his, the issue is he just needed more time to get the rest of them out.

I don't think you're quite understanding the situation that happened here, so I'll copy over the description of the video in case you haven't seen it:

FWC Officers Euthanize Boa and 34 other Snakes on Holy Thursday

FWC officers killed 34 pythons and one pregnant Boa constrictor at a reptile facility in Sunrise, FL on April 6, 2023. The pet Boa was misidentified as a python and, according to its owner, Bill McAdam, executed via "nail gun to the head" (likely a bolt gun) by four FWC officers. The officers also killed 29 Reticulated pythons and five Burmese pythons owned by Chris Coffee. Under prior directive from FWC, Coffee was forced to maintain the snakes in captivity for over a year since a deadline had passed to rehome the animals.

Coffee had a large collection of pythons, which were possessed legally with a "Conditional Species" permit before FWC passed "Prohibited Species" rules in 2021. The pythons were microchipped in accordance with FWC regulations. Coffee's animals should have been grandfathered. Nonetheless, after the rules banning the snakes were passed, Coffee chose to rehome 120 of his pythons, but he was unable to disperse all of his collection before an FWC deadline. He called to inform FWC that he still had some pythons for which he had not been able to find new homes and asked FWC for more time.

FWC responded by raiding Coffee's facility, arresting him, and issuing him two charges for each Retic and Burm possesed, for a total of 72 criminal charges. Rather than seize the animals, FWC officers told Coffee to continue to keep the snakes in captivity and that he could not rehome or euthanize them or he would be arrested again. Coffee's life has been turned upside down and he is still on probation as a result of these charges.

Coffee's pythons were maintained at the facility of McAdam with FWC's knowledge of their whereabouts for a year, until FWC's raid and subsequent massacre on Thursday. On that date, coinciding with the observance of Passover and Holy Thursday, FWC officers Lex Corteguera, Jonathon Wright, Zach Beppel, and Christopher Ryan showed up to the facility. The device used to kill the snakes was likely a device called a "penetrating captive bolt." When it was all done, they had killed 29 Retics and five Burms, in addition to the Boa.

Boas are legal to own in Florida and are among the most popular pet snakes. This Boa was 10 years old and raised from a baby by McAdam. Regardless of how you may feel about snakes, these were innocent, healthy animals and there were many alternatives to this unwarranted butchery. Imagine if these were dogs, goats, or horses. Would you be infuriated then?

USARK Florida is calling on Governor DeSantis to hold FWC accountable by asking for the resignation of the FWC employee who gave the unjust order for these snakes to be brutally killed without cause. Further, USARK Florida respectfully requests that the Governor replace current staff leadership with new leadership, capable of focusing agency resources on Florida’s true wildlife issues, including but not limited to excessive mortality of wild Manatees, Florida panthers, Gopher tortoises, and Diamondback terrapins, as well as address water and habitat quality issues caused by FWC's extensive herbicide spraying program.

Furthermore, we ask that FWC suspend its seizure and killing of animals as well as prosecution of animal owners for "Prohibited Species," until USARK Florida's lawsuit challenging the validity and constitutionality of these draconian rules is resolved. FWC Commissioners and staff promised that animal owners would be able to continue to keep their pets, which has proven over and over to not be true.

Euthanization is by definition the humane killing of an animal that is as quick and painless as possible. So I emphasize that these snakes were not "euthanized" ethically in this situation. Reasons have already been stated. If an animal is caused suffering before death in attempted euthanasia, it is not okay.

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In the case of reptiles, however, there are two specific problems which render many of these methods unsuitable.
Firstly, reptiles are ectotherms (so-called “cold-blooded”) and their metabolic rate depends upon their body
temperature. If a reptile is cooled, or chooses to allow its body temperature to fall, its metabolism slows until it is in
a state of torpor. Secondly, reptiles are also very resistant to hypoxia (lack of oxygen) and indeed many species
can hold their breath for very long periods and switch to anaerobic respiration. In nature, these two attributes
combine to produce very hardy creatures which can virtually shut down their bodily functions in unfavourable
circumstances. In captivity, this makes reptiles very resistant to euthanasia.

Evidence suggests that a reptile’s resistance to hypoxia is so great that its brain continues to function for long
periods without any oxygen supply to the brain at all. This means that in complete contrast to a mammal, a reptile
may remain fully conscious and able to experience pain and fear for a considerable time in situations as extreme
as decapitation, before death finally occurs. Reports suggest consciousness in a decapitated reptile head may
persist for up to an hour in some cases. It is essential that any method chosen for euthanasia of any animal causes
an immediate loss of consciousness. If the method chosen does not destroy brain function immediately, a reptile
must be anaesthetised first.
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Acceptable Methods for Euthanasia of Reptiles
This article is not intended as a pet owner’s guide to the humane way to kill their reptile pet. Before discussing
acceptable methods for euthanasia of reptiles, it is vital to stress that with one exception, a qualified veterinary
surgeon should carry out these procedures. The one exception – to be described later – is that (in an emergency,
for example, when veterinary help is unavailable) the owner of a reptile may legally and humanely kill it by the
complete instantaneous destruction of its head, either by a single accurate blow sufficient to completely crush the
skull, or by shooting. This is not something to be undertaken lightly. It is an offence under the Protection of Animals
Act 1911 to cause un-necessary suffering to an animal. To hit it unsuccessfully on the head would cause suffering,
as would putting it into a freezer; and such suffering would be considered unnecessary and therefore could
constitute an offence under the terms of the 1911 act.
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Shooting by Captive Bolt Pistol or Firearm
Euthanasia of large reptiles such as crocodilians may be performed humanely by those with expertise, using
captive bolt pistols or firearms. However, shooting which does not immediately lead to cessation of brain function
could cause the animal to suffer un-necessarily. The location for the entry point of the bolt or bullet is critical, and
line drawings of the heads of various species indicating these locations are available9. The animal must be properly restrained to ensure the first shot is the only one necessary; the bolt must go through the brain, or the animal may only be stunned. Death must be ensured by destruction of the brain.
In the case of shooting with a firearm such as a heavy calibre rifle or shotgun, the operator must have considerable
skill since the bullet must penetrate the brain through the two brain cases found in many reptiles.3
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- Euthanasia of Reptiles PDF (linked in earlier comment)

There's a lot more than I can quote in that article, I highly recommend reading it.

The problem here is not about the fact that the owner couldn't find new homes for his snakes before the deadline given to him. It's not about "well it's better they died instead of being released into the wild" - which is illegal as far as I know. The owner should never have had to have his snakes "euthanized" in the first place, since the snakes were grandfathered [meaning he was meant to be able to continue to keep them even after the Prohibited Species rule of 2021 had been passed because he had the Conditional Species Permit prior to the new rules. So taking that into consideration, I should say this was the unlawful killing of someone's snakes].

It's about how the FWC handled the situation in its entirety, resulting in unethically - and unlawfully - killing someone's animals "coincidentally" on the enemy's bloody holiday. It's about treating someone's pets, snakes no less, with some level of professional respect and care of their lives.

It wouldn't take much to use a little man power to hand off the snakes themselves to reputable reptile sanctuaries, Zoos, and other facilities or keepers since the owner was unable to himself, or actually keep their word regarding their own rules with grandfathering people's animals. The fact that they "misidentified" a pregnant boa constrictor, the one they were told NOT to touch, and caused it to suffer, is already a major red flag without taking anything else into account.

 

[tabby]

Honestly, this only barely scratches the surface of what xtards do to snakes in honor of their kike on a stick. The officers were just trigger happy and ended up mistakenly killing that python.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdHwXfHUPSg
This video is by far worse. There are literally some xtians who associate snakes with "Satan" and do all sorts of barbaric shit like stepping on them, skinning them alive etc...

Not even a minute in watching that and.... holy shit...