More people every year are killed in India and Sri Lanka by snakebite than anywhere else in the world; what with walking around barefooted while working in rice paddies or tea leaf fields, or just sleeping at night and having an Indian Krait crawl in bed with them and never wake up. The good thing is, at least from my viewpoint, is that alot of these groups that have been setting up big snake charming events are actually being used now to catch snakes and milk them for venom, so the venom can then be used to create antivenin for people who get bitten. And not just by cobras, but Russell's and Saw Scale vipers and Kraits.

So instead of these same people making a little extra on the side with inhumane acts, the government is setting up facilities for these people to bring in the snakes they catch so they can milk them. And the people get paid and once the animals are milked, they are released back into the wild. So everyone is happy{except for the snake for a few hours, but at least it doesn't get killed or tortured} And the people who get bitten, like so many do, will have the antivenin to keep them alive. And the more snakes that get killed, the less antivenin stocks there will be, so it is almost suicide to kill the same animals that will cure you, because you can't kill all the snakes, but it only takes one to bite you. Something like 30,000 die every year in India and Sri Lanka alone. Why? Because there isn't enough antivenin to cure people. Big dummies

Sorry, I love snakes and love talking about them.