Rare Endangered Snake Pics

[gouramiguy]

One of our animal control officers collected a pair of Kirtland snakes today from a dumpster and brought them down to the shelter. They are on the endangered species list for most Midwest States due to a loss of habitat (marshland development). Someone from the Indiana DNR is coming to rescue them today!

 

[filiportela]

wow cool snakes

 

[Fish on Fire]

So are they gonna be kept at the center? Or one of you guys planning to take them and breed them?

 

[Aquaman_95]

NIce!

 

[VVateverzYo]

breed them breed them

 

[benzjamin13]

Cool looking snakes! Good save!

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Nice snakes. I have only see one Kirtland's snake in my life. They aren't very common in my state either or prehaps they're just secretive.

 

[gouramiguy]

From everything I've read, they don't fare well in captivity. We turned them over to the Department of Natural Resources; I'm not sure if they will just be released back in to the wild or if they will use them in a breeding program.

 

[Filthy Sanchez]

Whatever the decision I hope it works out, I'd hate to see them vanish.

 

[Peanut_Power]

Thats awesome!! I've only seen them a couple of times in the wild, but didn't know they were endangered...