Snakes strike Ontarians:[Final Edition]
Guardian Charlottetown, P.E.I.:Aug 12, 2002.  p. A5 

Article types:	News
Dateline:	TORONTO
Section:	Canada
Publication title:	Guardian. Charlottetown, P.E.I.: Aug 12, 2002.  pg. A.5
Source Type:	Newspaper
ISSN/ISBN:	08322708
ProQuest document ID:	263069171
Text Word Count	112
Article URL:	http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?RQT=309&VInst=PROD&VName=PQD&VType=PQD&Fmt=3&did=000000263069171&clientId=17280

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John Birnbaum, executive director of the Georgian Bay Association, an umbrella organization that represents 4,500 families, said that six people in and around the area have been bitten this summer by the Massasauga rattlesnake, the only...

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(Copyright The Guardian (Charlottetown) 2002)

TORONTO (CP) -- Cottagers and residents of the Georgian Bay area are being urged to take extra care when outdoors this summer after six people were bitten by potentially deadly rattlesnakes.

John Birnbaum, executive director of the Georgian Bay Association, an umbrella organization that represents 4,500 families, said that six people in and around the area have been bitten this summer by the Massasauga rattlesnake, the only poisonous snake in Ontario.

Kent Prior, a species-at-risk adviser at Environment Canada, said the jump in bites could be attributed to two reasons: either the snakes are more active this summer, given the hot, dry weather, or there's been a jump in the reptile's population.