Snake Advocate (ASP)
We promote compassionate conservation and coexistence with snakes
Give Today to Save a Snake!
Give Today to Save a Snake!
"YOU can save a snake like me!" (Ring-necked Snake (Diadophis punctatus)) Your Gift Today Saves a Snake Together, we can turn 'EEK!' into 'AWW!' for snakes! Habitat loss. Climate change. Roads. Disease. Life is hard for most wild animals, but especially so when you're feared and misunderstood. Advocates for Snake Preservation makes snakes more familiar
Gophersnakes Play Rough
Gophersnakes Play Rough
Not all snake combat is as gentle as that of the Panamint Rattlesnakes described so beautifully by Ceal in The Art of Gentle Combat. In May 2011, we stumbled upon a Gophersnake love triangle and were shocked by their rough and ruthless tactics. We noticed a long, dark form on the dirt road from afar.
Tell FedEx: Stop Exploiting a Snake's Painful Death for Profit
Tell FedEx: Stop Exploiting a Snake's Painful Death for Profit
Want to Help Snakes?
Want to Help Snakes?
Discover 11 simple ways to help snakes (and other wildlife too). You’ll also be the first to hear new snake stories and opportunities to take action in ASP's fortnightly newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time.
World Snake Day!
World Snake Day!
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
Despite Criticism, the Last of the Rattlesnake Roundups Hang On
Despite Criticism, the Last of the Rattlesnake Roundups Hang On
Public outrage has caused many rattlesnake roundups — killing contests held in the name of public safety — to go out of business or convert to no-kill wildlife festivals. But in Texas and Oklahoma, these annual events continue, with thousands of snakes being slaughtered.
Rattlesnakes are Awesome Moms! on Redbubble
Rattlesnakes are Awesome Moms! on Redbubble
Education Enhances Attitudes About Rattlesnakes
Education Enhances Attitudes About Rattlesnakes
In a research project led by Masters student Erin Allison, we evaluated how different messaging strategies can improve attitudes about rattlesnakes.
Gartersnakes make friends, organize their society around females
Gartersnakes make friends, organize their society around females
The Nurturing Nature of Rattlesnakes
The Nurturing Nature of Rattlesnakes
Are rattlesnakes good mothers? Do they take care of their kids? TLDR: YES! Learn more about snake parental care in the Nurturing Nature of Rattlesnakes.
From Debilitating Fear to Love
From Debilitating Fear to Love
My Saga With Snakes Fear of Snakes is one of the most common phobias. From mild repulsion to extreme reactions — from screaming to fainting — most people react negatively to Snakes. Is it because they are so different from the rest of us vertebrates, gliding effortlessly despite the absence of limbs or fins? Is
Conservationists blast reduced Gartersnake protections
Conservationists blast reduced Gartersnake protections
Environmentalists sued the federal government over reduced critical habitat protections for two endangered species of garter snake native to streams and wetlands across Arizona, New Mexico and northern Mexico.
The Shocking Truth About Mohaves
The Shocking Truth About Mohaves
Snakes Are Evolutionary Marvels!
Snakes Are Evolutionary Marvels!
Snakes Are Everything #10 Hiral Naik, a snake ecologist that works at the interface between science and conservation, will speak about some of the unique traits that snakes possess that allow them to inhabit and adapt to different ecosystems. From fangs and teeth to how they conceal, snakes truly are evolutionary marvels. Learn more about
Happy Mother’s Day!
Happy Mother’s Day!
Snakes Are Neighbors!
Snakes Are Neighbors!
Snakes Are Everything #9 Bryan Hughes will discuss snakes living in and around human development: who thrives, who has no tolerance for urban environments, and what does sustainable co-habitation between snakes and homeowners look like? Bryan founded Rattlesnake Solutions LLC in 2010 to save snakes from shovels and shotguns and each year they resolve hundreds
Connecting With Wild Neighbors: Gophersnakes
Connecting With Wild Neighbors: Gophersnakes
Hundreds of Children Write To Residents of Sweetwater, Texas Supporting a No-kill Rattlesnake Roundup
Hundreds of Children Write To Residents of Sweetwater, Texas Supporting a No-kill Rattlesnake Roundup
Sweetwater's Rattlesnake Roundup is this week. Snake advocates are pushing for change
Sweetwater's Rattlesnake Roundup is this week. Snake advocates are pushing for change
The Sweetwater Jaycees say protests have grown in size each year, just as the Rattlesnake Roundup has since it began in 1958.
Support Snake Conservation. Get Cool Snake Stuff.
Support Snake Conservation. Get Cool Snake Stuff.
Show your love for snakes, spread the word, and support snake conservation with snake stuff. All of our shirts can be found on our Bonfire shop Stickers and other fun stuff are available in our shop on Redbubble. World Snake Day Show your love for snakes, spread the word, and support snake conservation with World Snake Day stuff
Who Knew Reptiles Could Be Such Romantics?
Who Knew Reptiles Could Be Such Romantics?
Snakes Are Feared!
Snakes Are Feared!
Join the Snake Coexistence Working Group
Join the Snake Coexistence Working Group
Celebrate World Snake Day
Celebrate World Snake Day
Coexisting with Pitvipers Symposium
Coexisting with Pitvipers Symposium
SandeesArtwork on Etsy
SandeesArtwork on Etsy
Snakes Are Survivors!
Snakes Are Survivors!
Love in the Rocks
Love in the Rocks
Changing Fear to Fascination With Familiarity
Changing Fear to Fascination With Familiarity
Glue Traps are Evil
Glue Traps are Evil
A Tale of Two Trash Snakes
A Tale of Two Trash Snakes
Pitviper Beauty Pageant 2022 Calendar
Pitviper Beauty Pageant 2022 Calendar
Celebrate World Snake Day!
Celebrate World Snake Day!
Snakes Are Dangerous! Starring Harry Greene
Snakes Are Dangerous! Starring Harry Greene
Emerging With Care
Emerging With Care
Snakes Are Everything
Snakes Are Everything
Sigma vs. the Squirrel
Sigma vs. the Squirrel
Meet Advocates for Snake Preservation (video)
Meet Advocates for Snake Preservation (video)
Round up for ASP in the Roundup App!
Round up for ASP in the Roundup App!
How to be a Snake Hero (and help other wild animals too!)
How to be a Snake Hero (and help other wild animals too!)
Get the facts about Mohave Rattlesnakes
Get the facts about Mohave Rattlesnakes
World Snake Day Inspiration
World Snake Day Inspiration
Patch-nosed Snake Digs for Her Dinner
Patch-nosed Snake Digs for Her Dinner
Rattlesnake Family Life presentation on Facebook
Rattlesnake Family Life presentation on Facebook
Gila Earth Day Facebook Group
Gila Earth Day Facebook Group
End The Lake Providence Snake Rodeo
End The Lake Providence Snake Rodeo
Snake Country Travel Guide
Snake Country Travel Guide
Tale of Scales
Tale of Scales
Daryl Finds Carol!
Daryl Finds Carol!
To celebrate ASP’s 5th birthday: 5 inspiring snake stories
To celebrate ASP’s 5th birthday: 5 inspiring snake stories
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Shop for Snakes
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