Clive Brignull wrote:We were then informed that snake collectors from Serbia came regular to bag up and take away snakes.
Thats sad news.. It shows how vunerable these sites are.
Clive Brignull wrote:???!!! I still hope (against hope) that "snake collectors from Serbia" were just the herpetologists from
Belgrade
Ilian Velikov wrote:Even if they are herpetologists if they "come regular to bag up and take snakes" how is this better than poachers doing the same thing? Maybe some scientists would disagree but for me the purpose of taking the snakes doesn't justify the loss.
Berislav Horvatic wrote:No, no, no, the Belgrade team were not taking the snakes away, they were doing the monitoring of the population
for years. If they bagged them up, it was only to measure them and release them where found. A local guy might
have misunderstood the whole thing - THEIR thing. Or worse, he has seen real poachers, taking the animals away.
That is the question.
Berislav Horvatic wrote:I got a prompt response from Dušan Jelić (Zagreb): He remembers that during those fieldtrips they told
all the locals they hunted snakes and never returned them back. The locals were delighted, because
they abhor them. He thinks that this new local legend might be a cosequence. And guarantees that all
snakes (caught by THEM) were released where found - of course they were. Those are serious scientists.
Berislav Horvatic wrote:We hope that the continuous education by local young enthusiasts will achieve it’s effect
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