oK so I had no Idea who this guy was so I did some searching around and came across this article, and I want to quote the last statement by him
but first the reason he took the Government to the tribunal
Mr Hoser took the State Government department to the tribunal because he wanted to:
- Hold more than one venomous snake at a time during shows
- Get closer than three metres to the public while handling deadly snakes
- Allow audience members to handle 'de-venomised' snakes; and
- Give venomous snakes to people who are training to be snake handlers.
Read more:
http://www.theage.com.au/national/deven ... z1V0CM2VlpThis is the controversial closing statement.
You can read the rest of the article here. apparently the snake's venom glands are surgically removed by him and thus they are now harmless. The courts found that they are still dangerous. (Most wild animals with teeth is dangerous to some degree). However the actual court decision was based on the fact that snakes have the ability to regenerate. Too my understanding most living creatures can to some extend regenerate some part of its body. I have heard of people who regenerated tongsels (Sorry for the spelling, I'm still only Afrikaans
) after it has been surgically removed. Maybe it is not the case with snakes, certainly not all humans will grow back their tongsels, but you only need one deadly snake to regenerate and some one dies.
So if he really wants to make changes to his license for the safety of the audience, the distance between him and them should be made greater. A de-vonomised snake or as he likes to call them "vonomoids" can still bite and it will still hurt as hell as those fangs are still there.
I just cannot grasp how someone that seems to "want" to do so much good ans F it up so badly by their actions in public!!!