AS THE TEMPERATURE RISES SO DOES THE CHANCE OF YOU COMING ACROSS A RATTLESNAKE. PROOF OF THAT RESIDES IN A 58 YEAR OLD LAS CRUCES MAN WHO HAS UNDERGONE FOUR ANTI-VENOM INJECTIONS AND EXPECTS EVEN FURTHER TREATMENT AFTER HAVING BEEN BITTEN BY A RATTLESNAKE EARLIER THIS WEEK. THE MAN WAS BITTEN WHILE DOING YARD WORK IN HIS BACKYARD.
THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH REMINDS PEOPLE TO BE MORE ALERT DURING THE WARMER WEATHER, BE SURE THAT YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE WHERE YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR HANDS AND FEET AND NEVER ANTAGONIZE OR HARASS SNAKES THAT YOU COME ACROSS.
