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Toronto: Potentially deadly snakes bite
six:[Final Edition] |
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People: |
Birnbaum,
John |
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Article
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News;
Brief |
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Column
Name: |
Updates |
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Section: |
World |
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Publication
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Kingston
Whig - Standard. Kingston, Ont.: Aug 12,
2002. pg. 9.FRONT |
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Source
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Newspaper |
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ISSN/ISBN: |
11974397 |
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ProQuest
document ID: |
295263591 |
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Text
Word Count |
92 |
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Article
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Abstract (Article Summary) |
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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. |
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Full Text (92 words) |
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(Copyright Kingston Whig Standard 2002) 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. Birnbaum noted
that normally only one or two people are bitten each summer by the
brown-and-grey rattlesnake that grows up to a metre long. |