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Originally posted by Kimmykim
The snake is a predator. If it found puppies and ate them on its natural pursuit of prey that is one thing.
I'm not sure that predators should be domesticated, with the exception of dogs and cats, that have domestication bred into them, you can't just take a predatory animal and make it a pet. I know that some people here, including someone with a serval, do it.
If you take on such an animal as a pet, you best be prepared to fend for it for life, since you are replacing its' natural instincts with human kindness.
As for the pups, they should have been put to sleep, they are NOT the natural prey for such an animal.
Personally, I think she should lose her job, be prosecuted for animal cruelty and do the time.
She not only interfered with the food chain, she was plainly and intently cruel to both the snake and the pups.
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small mammals are the natural prey for large snakes.. puppies are small mammals. Snakes eat fox pups in the wild, there is no difference here. Just a double standard for cute puppies as opposed to "disgusting" rats..
Nature is cruel.
cute babies die because they are food.
there is no way in hell she should be prosecuted in any way.
She
didn't interfere with the food chain. she
wasn't cruel to the snake. Was it unpleasant for the sick and dying puppies? yes. So there is an issue here.. but not worthy of a fine and jail time.. more like a clarification of the law.
I'd warrant if you worked at a place that puts down cute puppies every day you'd have a desensitisation to it that allowed you to think of the greater good of the snake instead of dying puppies.