The Benefits of Animals to the Environment

Yesterday our Labrador was going nuts barking at something in the back yard. Linda went out to see what was going on and found a huge snake that slithered up the embankment behind the house. It was coiled up when she first came out and appeared not to care about the dog at all. She didn't identify what it was but the diameter she showed me seemed about two inches. We don't know if it was a rattlesnake or a bull snake. In any event it was one big snake. Just a few years ago a neighbor trapped a bull snake about eight feet long and relocated it...a long way from here. Last summer I saw a very la...