In homes, gardens or on public roads, snakes, slowworms and other vipers have become more and more visible in recent days in Loir-et-Cher. As a result, the Sdis 41 alert processing center has received numerous calls since the start of the week.
“Thursday June 27, we had three more calls to capture them and release them into the wild. We’ve had a little bit every day since the start of the week. We have a real resurgencecommented the Loir-et-Cher firefighters. Reptiles are coming out of their burrows as temperatures rise.
“Don’t kill them”
This phenomenon is spreading ” pretty much everywhere “ in department according to Sdis 41. Let it be the vipers “ with a triangular head »the snakes “rounder-headed” or the slowworms, “legless lizards which are a protected species”the firefighter reminds you what to do.
“We must not kill them. They are not necessarily aggressive animals. They tend to flee the presence of humans, but you should not go and tickle them. » The instruction is therefore to ” to put back “ in nature.
