ASP changes how people view and treat snakes
ASP changes how people view and treat snakes
July 16 is World Snake Day: an opportunity to celebrate snakes and raise awareness about their preservation. While snakes are threatened by many of the same issues that affect all wildlife (habitat loss, climate change, and disease), negative attitudes toward snakes may be the biggest barrier to their preservation because it often impedes efforts to address
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Your calls, letters, and signatures put an end to the unethical slaughter and waste of wildlife at the Lake Providence Snake Rodeo. Your voice matters — together we stopped a 60-year old snake-killing contest! Thanks to YOU, wildlife-killing contests that target reptiles and amphibians are BANNED in Louisiana. About the rodeo From the mid-1960s until 2024, thousands
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Learn how to identify individual snakes by their natural markings in this online workshop. Have you ever wondered how we identify individual snakes? Over weeks, years, and even decades without laying a hand on them? Watch this workshop to learn how from the real expert — the one who taught us this method and has
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When: Friday 18 October 2024 Where: Open Space Brewing in Santa Clara, NM What: Presentation & Meetup with ASP The Nurturing Nature of Rattlesnakes Ready to explore the surprising world of rattlesnake families? Through engaging vignettes and videos, you’ll experience a day in the life of these remarkable reptiles and learn how they care for and
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Decade of Demystifying Snakes! ASP turns 10 on 16 May 2024. Old Friends: snakes sighted more than 10 years after we first met them! Residents of Sweetwater, Texas received handwritten Rattlesnake Love Letters from children asking for a no-kill roundup. In-person presentations & displays Folks in rural southwest New Mexico and southeast Arizona learned about
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In a research project led by Masters student Erin Allison, we evaluated how different messaging strategies can improve attitudes about rattlesnakes. We used an online survey to evaluate the perceptions of a diverse group of 1,182 US adults before and after they watched either a relational or instrumental video about rattlesnakes. The relational video showcased
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Article in theNew York Timeson social reptiles! Online classes and workshops In-person displays& presentations Hotline calls & texts Snake rescues Coexisting With Pitvipers Symposium! Signatures submitted to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to End The Lake Providence Snake Rodeo Interactions on Facebook and Instagram Hours watched on our YouTube channel People learned about
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Dozens of helpful, harmless snakes will be shot this weekend at the Lake Providence Snake Rodeo in northeastern Louisiana. Advocates for Snake Preservation (ASP), a charity dedicated to changing how people view and treat snakes, and Louisiana Amphibian and Reptile Enthusiasts (L.A.R.E.), a group fostering appreciation and conservation of reptiles and amphibians in The Pelican
Skype a Scientist classes Field trips and snake rescues Hours watched of season one of Snakes Are Everything! In-person classroom and library presentations Online classes and workshops Peer-reviewed paper published Interactions on Facebook and Instagram Hours watched on our YouTube channel People learned about snakes by visiting our website — 38% more than last year!
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Chris Jenkins interviews ASP’s Executive Director, Melissa Amarello, on episode 14 of the Snake Talk podcast. We discussed ASP’s research on rattlesnake social behavior, how we use that information to change the public’s perception of snakes, and how we work in the advocacy arena using our work on rattlesnake roundups as an example.
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