A good friend lost a wonderful dog to a rattlesnake on a trail I sometimes walked. I wish I had run into that snake at an earlier time and my friend would still have her dog. A few years ago I was told that the anti-venom shots for a dog that had been bit ran about $1400. Ouch!
I agree that rattlesnakes have a place in nature. But just not around people or their animals. My barn cats do a good job of keeping down the mice. I don't need any help from rattlesnakes.
