Published by admin on Thu, 08/30/2018 - 3:03pm
Part 1 in a seriesConcern over rattlesnake encounters in South Dakota arose this summer when an Illinois man died after a rattler bit his ankle as he searched for a wayward golf ball on a course near Spearfish.Those worries were heightened a few weeks later when a Custer State Park burro died after being bitten on the face by a prairie rattlesnake.The deaths of the man and the burro have fueled fears that more of the venomous snakes and more frequent encounters with them were cropping up in South Dakota.Herpetologists and other rattlesnake experts say it’s too early to tell if 2018 will be