Original sentence: A Rattlesnake Round-Up is a rodeo-like event where, rather than bovine, rattlesnake are the primary animal attraction.is  in Sweetwater, Texas
Edited sentence: A Rattlesnake Round-Up an event that has caused some controversy, due to the fact that it involves the capture and subsequent killing of hundreds of rattlesnakes.Animal-Rights activists have and will continue to portray events such as these as barbaric, and senseless "animal-homicide" or "killing in the name of fun".At first glance it seems to be a "fiesta de morir", but only because the majority of snakes that are slaughtered for food and skin are killed on-site.However they are a part of the cultural heritage of the mid-west.If Round-Ups were suddenly outlawed, a population explosion would ensue resulting in a major spike in rattlesnake bites and a massive decrease in rodents.It is not fueled out of anger or hatered of the animal, but is a social gathering that has grown to accomadate more than relatives from the next town over.Not nearly as old or well-know as bullfighting in Spain, Round-Ups pay tribute to the featured cuisine and respect to its beauty and unusual bite.Rattlesnake Round-Ups appear to be horrible, bloody, carnage-filled, reptile massacres.Rattlesnake Round-Ups have become traditional in parts of the United States and even more than that.Round-Ups may have been criticized with cruelty to animals and immorality, the alternative is however much more grim a fate than most would want.That in turn would also create a population control of sorts, killing those that excede the population density via starvation.The reality is that the only endangered species of rattlesnakes are so because of habitat destruction, the number one factor in species' population decline.They provide an annual "purging" of the serpents by removing those that were able to be caught aswell as population control, to which rattlesnakes have grown to a "balancing" of sorts.is  in Sweetwater, Texas, is held ever year and draws huge numbers of tourists