If you find a snake on campus, do not try to kill it - this will only cause panic, make the animal aggressive, and increase your risk of being bitten. Rather do as follows:
- Keep calm, and move slowly and quietly away.
- Contact one of the numbers below - so a snake handler listed below can come and remove the snake.
- Ask somebody to keep careful watch - it is wise to know where the snake goes.
- If it is a fast-moving or fast-striking snake, it is NOT wise to come within striking distance by placing a box or bucket over it to confine it.
RU emergency contacts
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RU Campus Protection Unit: 046 603 8146/7 (Charl Grobbelaar) - will contact a TRAINED snake handler to catch the snake.
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RU Emergency Contact Numbers (emergency contact numbers for RU staff and students)
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Snakebite: The first thing that you must do if bitten by a snake is see a doctor at the hospital; not even snake handlers keep antivenom on hand because the allergic reaction to the antivenom could cause medical problems - so it must be handled by a doctor. Rather avoid being bitten!
Trained Snake handlers in Grahamstown
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Shelley Edwards: Tel 046 603 8086, sms 071 401 1444
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Chad Keates (RU term times only): sms 083 669 6169
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Charl Grobbelaar: sms 076 118 8303
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Mario Rionda: Tel 046 636 2276, sms 073 742 7230
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Basil Mills: sms 083 420 2633
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Sirion Robertson: Tel 046 603 8941, sms 078 238 8502
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Jeff van Staden (RU term times only): sms 083 303 7548
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Chris Kelly: sms 076 419 6656
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*Brendon Dredge sms 072 304 0083
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*Ken Watson sms 082 921 4388
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*Liam Yell sms 072 650 7719
*on List of snake removers across South Africa
More
Snakes of Grahamstown
African Snakebite Institute
Snakes of South Africa
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