Diana Barr working with an Indian cobra. This beautiful snake is one of India's 'Big Four' and is responsible for thousands of deaths every year in India. Rupi Mangat Read

Women in a Venomous Field

Four amazing women make a career of working with snakes. Attending the tenth international snakebite seminar at Bio-Ken snake farm in Watamu recently, each narrates the path taken. East African 7-13 Jan 2017 Handling live venomous snakes is an extra-ordinary noble but extremely dangerous profession. One reason for handling venomous snakes is to milk them […]

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Snakes and Blunders

The 10th Bio-Ken International Snakebite Seminar, Watamu Published Daily Nation 29 November 2016 Useful Snake contacts in Kenya: 0718 290324 Bio-Ken Snake Farm www.bioken.com  www.antivenomtrust.com   www.snakebiteinitiative.org 13-year-old Menza Benjamin was picking up cashewnuts on the ground when he felt a burning hot bite on his leg followed by another. He started to vomit and broke […]

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