Center for Biological Diversity

Change Rattlesnake Roundups to Humane Festivals

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Each year thousands of rattlesnakes are removed from the wild and killed at "rattlesnake roundups." Rattlesnakes play a key role in the food web, maintaining balance in nature by preying on rodents, but hunting of snakes for roundups is pushing some species toward extinction.

Please sign this petition asking communities to change their roundups to festivals where snakes are not hunted or killed. Several communities have already changed their roundups to wildlife-appreciation festivals, which generate important income for the communities and educate the public about the importance of saving native species, not slaughtering them.


1-25 of 58486 signatures
Number Date Name Location
58486 9 hours ago Holly Renzhofer Fairborn, OH , US
58485 10 hours ago Anonymous downey, CA , US
58484 11 hours ago Leena Jänis Örebro, ot , SE
58483 11 hours ago michael rifkind Santa Cruz, CA , US
58482 12 hours ago Lauren Gedlinske Apple Valley, MN , US
58481 12 hours ago m p sierra madre, CA , US
58480 12 hours ago Mark Hain Bloomington, IN , US
58479 13 hours ago The Ungers Easton, PA , US
58478 13 hours ago Travis Thomas Kissimmee, FL , US
58477 14 hours ago E T Harris Philadelphia, PA , US
58476 15 hours ago Anonymous Lexington, KY , US
58475 16 hours ago willem kom hoogezand, ot , NL
58474 18 hours ago Ginger Daub Seattle, WA , US
58473 21 hours ago Margaret Tollner Lakewood, CA , US
58472 22 hours ago tammy madera new york, NY , US
58471 23 hours ago Donna Vivado Centerville, MA , US
58470 1 day ago Marcia Harvey Paso Robles, CA , US
58469 1 day ago Anonymous Lima, ot , PE
58468 1 day ago Anonymous Lima, ot , PE
58467 1 day ago M Busch Elizabeth, NJ , US
58466 1 day ago lisa anzevino maywood, NJ , US
58465 1 day ago Heather Bentley South Shore, KY , US
58464 1 day ago Michael Johnson San Marcos, CA , US
58463 1 day ago LINDA RAHILLY TRENTON, NJ , US
58462 1 day ago RJ Browne Weed, CA , US
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Learn more about the Center's work to outlaw rattlesnake roundups here.