a cobra in my factory.should i have killed it?

India
July 26, 2011 11:37pm CST
Yesterday when i and my brother went to our factory we were stunned to see a 6 feet long cobra inside.For a moment we didnt know what to do.The workers were not willing to go inside till the reptile was evicted.People sugggest that we kill the poor creature. But my brother was adamant not to kill the innocent intruder. We managed to get a snake catcher who caught it without causing any harm.We paid him 5$ for the risk.He being a professional and an animal lover would release it in the forest.Did we do the right thing by not killing the snake?
5 responses
pacrptc
@pacrptc (231)
• United States
28 Jul 11
i think you guys did the right thing and the best thing... i would have done the same thing... besides he kills mice, rats, and all sorts of other pests most people don't like having around.
TheMonkMan
@TheMonkMan (31)
• South Africa
22 May 12
Yes, you definitely did the right thing, there are extremely few circumstances that justifies the decision of killing a snake. Most people kill any snake simply because of fear, unknowingly killing mostly harmless snakes. Snakes should just be removed from the premises and get released somewhere where they won't come into the human world again. I personally have rescued and released 3 forest cobras, a boomslang (tree snake), a Mozambique Spitting Cobra, two snouted cobras and a number of Shield Nose Cobras (Aspidelaps Scutatus Fulafulus) and still counting. I have only accepted the idea of killing a snake once because of the circumstances and I still regret it.
shibham
@shibham (16977)
• India
5 Jun 12
I appreciate your way of saving nature. Perhaps he was disoriented and entered to your factory. You did the graet job that you did not kill that poor animal. I applaud it whole heartedly. have a nice time.
strawberrychocodahi
@strawberrychocodahi (4818)
• Philippines
27 Jul 11
I am sure you did, it was much better if you have called animal control and they would be protected at the same time. But since you said the guy you asked to catch it return the creature to the forest, well that will be fine. Let them reside to their natural habitat and not to be caged.
smilywomen
@surekharathi (14146)
• India
28 Jul 11
I like your decision really killing is not solution because if we not killed properly then some unknown event can be happen in our life. This is my own experience so never kill. My house is in forest area I face this problem everytime. But my father in law never killed the snacks. If it is small then they pick up their hand left it near the river from 4 to 5 km from our house and if big then they call snake catcher. But maximum time we do the pooja and they disappeared immediately.
bholebaba19
@bholebaba19 (307)
• India
27 Jul 11
Hi friend, I feel very proud on you because you take right decision snake forgate way and come in your factory.we have some animal lover in our socity they help us and also save innocent creature for our beautiful nature .killing is never a solution.