Cyro wrote:Good day all
Please may I have any assistance on this situation...
I am part of a team in Ladysmith that catch and relocate all animals at peoples houses.
NOW Public Safety was told that there will be no call outs anymore and all snakes will be shot on site with
9mm snake shots
.
Is there any legislation or any legal documentation to state that no indigenous or protected species can be killed.
Thank you all in advanced
Kind Regards
Hi Cyro
Unfortunately, not. The only two snake species protected in KZN are southern African python and gabby’s.
As Bushviper mentioned, the best way to tackle the situation is through education highlighting some of the consequences of their actions (referring to the self-defence and discharging a firearm).
Before you go in with guns blazing, armed with all the legislation in the world to bring them to justice, unfortunately you don’t have a leg to stand on. It would really be awesome if it was like that (I’d be the first to join you!) but the harsh reality of it all, it’s not.
I can email you links and government gazettes, if you’d like.