Check out the article below about a Georgia Rattlesnake Roundup that was once a gruesome mass murder of wild caught rattlesnakes becoming a wildlife education and conservation event!  Way to go Georgia!  Thank you for protecting this amazing creature through the promotion of wildlife conservation events and activities!    

http://separc.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/support-georgias-rattlesnake-and-wildlife-festival-march-10-11-2012/

Read more about it here:

http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=946679e7fe51bbf81ce578cc1&id=be2d1c5253&e=

and here

http://www.claxtonevanschamber.com/display.php?cid=9&pid=28