Ever since Texas favorite son moved into the White House, the media have been having a field day poking fun at Texans. Recent articles have discussed everything from how Texans talk to the size of female hairstyles.
Some writers seem convinced that Texas is populated entirely by ignorant, redneck cowpokes.
This isn t true, of course, but unfortunately a few of our neighbors in Nolan County are about to once again reinforce the stereotype. I am referring to the folks who promote and condone that annual debacle known as the Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup. Sweetwater s rattlesnake roundup is a cruel spectacle made even more barbarous by the fact that it is perpetuated solely out of greed. Rattlesnakes are one of Texas most important predators because they consume rodents in large numbers. Along with bull snakes, hawks, foxes, owls, bobcats, coyotes and several other vertebrate creatures, rattlesnakes serve to keep the abundant rodent populations at tolerable levels.