A Trion woman was arrested for the second time within a month for calling an ambulance when one was not needed.
Snakes are common across Georgia, even in urban and suburban areas. As development and population growth continue in Georgia, encounters between humans and snakes will increase. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources says snakes are economically beneficial because they eat rats, mice, and other animals deemed to be pests. Some snakes have been used as bioindicators to assess pollutants in terrestrial or aquatic ecosystems. Of the forty-seven species of snakes found throughout the state, only seven are poisonous. (See list below).
