Snake bites on rise

By Kate Coughlan
Updated June 19 2012 - 1:35am, first published October 24 2011 - 9:00pm
Family Vet Centre nurse Donna Haigh with Ellie the Kelpie cross. She was bitten by a red-bellied black snake in Yackandandah on Sunday night. Picture: PETER MERKESTEYN
Family Vet Centre nurse Donna Haigh with Ellie the Kelpie cross. She was bitten by a red-bellied black snake in Yackandandah on Sunday night. Picture: PETER MERKESTEYN
A snake that was caught in Stanley Street, Wodonga yesterday is released.
A snake that was caught in Stanley Street, Wodonga yesterday is released.

BORDER pet owners are being warned to watch out for snakes after a surge in cats and dogs suffering bites over the past week.

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