We Share Space With Wild Animals
* Thank you for your timely report “Snakebite Season” (Aug. 8). Striking snakes, biting bears, and marauding mountain lions remind us that we share the environment with wild animals and that we should be alert when we are in their territory.
Our urban wetlands also have hazards. Visitors to the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve in Huntington Beach should stay on the trails and watch where they step, because Western rattlesnakes are abundant there.
Normally, the snakes stay on Rabbit Island and the back Bolsa which are both closed to the public, but last week, a rattler was found on the trail.
I find it interesting that most snakebite victims are young males bitten on the hand. The lesson here is “if you find a snake, leave it alone.”
Parents, please control your children for their own safety as well as for the health of the wetlands.
LOUANN W. MURRAY
Huntington Beach
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