I have read this article with interest from Australia, particularly the piece on being bitten by snakes at this time of year in the USA and thought I would send you some information that may be of interest to your readers.

I do the bookkeeping for a gentleman in South Australia by the name of Geoff Coombe. Geoff has been presenting Snake Awareness and Working with Venomous Snakes courses throughout Australia and the world for many years now and his whole focus is on making people aware of why snakes react the way they do and what we can do to reduce the chance of being bitten by them .

As well as the various “in person” presentations, he also has an online Snake Awareness course he has recently set up to give people a better understanding of these creatures. He is also working on a First Aid course, specific to snake bites, that will soon be available online.

His website is at http://www.livingwithwildlife.com.au/, and he also has a couple of blogs at http://geoffcoombeslivingwithwildlife.blogspot.com/ and http://snakebiteinnepal.blogspot.com/, so if you think your readers may find Geoff and what he is trying to teach people of interest, perhaps they could have a look at these sites.

Geoff truly believes that we can live in harmony with these creatures if we understand what they do and why they do it and I hope you and your readers will find his websites of interest.

Kind regards

Dean Allan
MYbookkeeping Services
PO Box 1221, Gawler SA 5118 Australia
Ph. 0404 079 174
http://www.mybookkeepingservices.com.au