Manitoba researcher mystified by murder of snakes he was studying
WINNIPEG — A Manitoba researcher is shocked that someone has slain more than 50 garter snakes at the site of his study.
The sheer numbers of snakes in Manitoba’s Interlake has made the area world famous, and University of Manitoba biology student Neil Balchan visits the area often for his research.
He says he’s studying movement behaviour and climate effects on the reptiles as his honour thesis.
But this week he went to the site and there were “dead snakes everywhere.”