Friends, what I'm about to tell you will blow your minds. There's a "Helpful hints" page called Ehow, that published this article:

How to Kill a Garter Snake | eHow.com

I urge members here to respond to this web article. I've posted comments there via Facebook, and all but one has been deleted (by Ehow itself). I sent a letter to:

support@ehow.zendesk.com

and so far have yet to get a reply, and I'm not optimistic.

We all care about snakes in general, and love our garters, but they need our help in a BIG way to combat this level of ignorance. Write to them, report the site to animal and/or reptile protection agencies, and share this information so that Ehow either removes the article or publishes a retraction.

This type of cruelty and baseless fear needs our opposition.