As a professional wrestler, I appreciate the thrill of competition and the sport of skilled combat. But there is a big difference between ring combat and the harming of defenseless animals for fun.
Rattlesnake roundups are grossly inhumane.
Western diamondback rattlesnakes, imported from Texas and Oklahoma, are used at KRC events. They are driven from resting areas with toxic chemicals including gasoline, are held for weeks or months without food or water in crowded and unsanitary conditions, and are roughly handled during KRC sacking contest in a manner that causes their ribs and jaws to be broken. I am concerned about the involvement of children as spectators and participants in these cruel events. The Humane Society of the United States has documented the link between violence and cruelty to animals and violence towards humans. It is inconceivable to me that adults would allow children to be exposed to such unjustified cruelty.