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 57652 signatures
Number Date Name Location
57652 3 hours ago Kim Pratt New York, NY , US
57651 4 hours ago Holly Chisholm Oxford, MI , US
57650 7 hours ago larry beltran malden, MA , US
57649 8 hours ago Tara Jankovic Melbourne, FL , US
57648 8 hours ago Carol Waskovich Milwaukee, WI , US
57647 8 hours ago Catherine Livingston Austin, TX , US
57646 11 hours ago Robin Steudle Dana Point, CA , US
57645 12 hours ago Arnaud Henseval Lille, ot , FR
57644 13 hours ago Tricia Hamilton Shirley, NY , US
57643 15 hours ago Elizabeth Barnett Northfield, NH , US
57642 15 hours ago Elsa Elwine Esher, ot , GB
57641 16 hours ago Julie Gandulla Bozeman , MT , US
57640 16 hours ago Anonymous austin, TX , US
57639 16 hours ago Débora Silva Itaquaquecetuba, NE , BR
57638 17 hours ago Romy Goltz Manor, CA , US
57637 19 hours ago Chiara Testi S. Gemignano di Moriano, ot , IT
57636 21 hours ago toni lubka hendersonville, TN , US
57635 21 hours ago Thomas Talbot Anthony, NM , US
57634 1 day ago Anonymous Berkeley, CA , US
57633 1 day ago Christopher Pond Glide, OR , US
57632 1 day ago Anonymous Rocklin, CA , US
57631 1 day ago Catherine Harrison Surfside Beach, SC , US
57630 1 day ago melissa grant new york, NY , US
57629 1 day ago kris montague los altos, CA , US
57628 1 day ago steven jones Sunset, UT , US
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Learn more about the Center's work to outlaw rattlesnake roundups here.