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Keeping Positive!!

Posted by Sean McCarthy on

Well hasn't this all been fun, 2020, the year we want to forget! Snakehandler has been busily working away in the quiet of our facility to keep our animals happy and healthy. We have started to present some online videos of the basic work we are doing, mainly with the husbandry our our feeder items such [...]

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2020 planning

Posted by Sean McCarthy on

2020 planning
Sean has been busy in the office the last few weeks working on new programs, looking for a new office location as well as starting to plan for 2020!!Thats right, we are already looking at what we can offer in 2020, so if you are keen to have a course in your area, let Sean [...]

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Townsville Practical Training

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Snakehandler are regular visitors to Townsville,  this year we have two venomous snake handling courses planned for the region. Both to be held in Townsville. One on the 30th April, the second on the 15th October.The practical handling course will take you through all the skills and knowledge required to satisfy the requirements to apply [...]

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Snakes in the city

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A common misconception is that snakes are a rural issue, not one for suburbia, this couldn't be further from the truth.  With a higher population, more access to hide spots and food around because of human habitation, snakes are very common in all parts of Australia.  Over the summer we have been very busy catching [...]

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New Year and plenty to see here!

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New Year and plenty to see here!
Happy New Year to everyone, thank you for looking at our site and seeing what is going on, we are very proud to announce that yet again we have been able to maintain our status as the ONLY Nationally Recognised Training offered in Australia for handling venomous snakes. Every 5 years the course is reviewed [...]

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