I agree killing for the sake of killing an animal is stupid and I am glad we have passionate folks here on ODT.
I hate snakes with a passion and wanted to make sure this snake was not a danger to me or my family. As usual ODT folks came to the rescue with in min and assured me of what Google...
Who said I killed it? You assumed and what did your daddy tell you about assumptions?
The snake is how I found it, dead! In fact it is still there if you want to come look at it and see for your self.