WINONA, Minn. — Police logged the season’s first “unwanted vistor” report on a rattlesnake in the city limits. The call was at 8:40 p.m. from the Michaelwood Drive subdivision off Gilmore valley Road — in the 200 block, about as far up the coulee as homes have been built. A snake handler was called to corral the snake and relocate it.
Rattlesnake profile
Timber rattlesnakes once were abundant in southeast Minnesota and southwest Wisconsin but now are relatively rare. They requires active conservation and protection to ensure its continued existence. When notified of a snake in a human habtitat area, police call in a snake wrangler to remove the snake and relocate it to an area that is safe for safe for people and safe for snakes. Advice: A coiled rattlesnake can strike as much as four feet. Walk away, not around the snake, says Steve Winter of Winona, with the Minnesota Rattlesnake Responders team.