The plan is to save a species that’s been wiped out in the state – but some residents dread the snakes,which are capable of swimming, will escape the islandA colony of venomous rattlesnakes is to be established on an uninhabited island in Massachusetts in a tender to save a species that has been virtually wiped out in the state.
Massachusetts’ division of fisheries and wildlife has devised a plan to release timber rattlesnakes onto the island to build up a viable population. But some residents dread that the rattlesnakes, and which are capable of swimming,will escape the island and maraud across areas frequented by people and their pets.
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Source: theguardian.com