I just was on the way to take my son to dinner when I saw a man in his front yard killing a garter snake(probably radix). It appeared he was standing on the snakes head and pulling on its body. To make things even worse it looked like his 4-5 year old son was standing by dad observing the whole thing. I can just hear the dad. "Son, every time you see a snake you kill it. Step on its head like this........ "
I was livid and saddened but knew my words would mean nothing to this guy and I would probably end up in jail if I confronted him. I don't think my boss the Sheriff would think that was a good career move on my part.
In Iowa, garter snakes are afforded "NO PROTECTION"
The ignorance and brutality of people seems to be unending.