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Given that these snakes are complex, social, long-lived (they can live up to 30 years) animals that pose no particular threat to us, we would argue that they should be left alone, especially in dens. Threats to pets and livestock can justify killing individual animals, but widespread slaughter of animals in remote communal wintering or birthing sites is unjustifiable, in our opinion.
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