Ok, so I didn't think I had to worry about rattlesnakes until I moved back to CA!
http://www.1010wins.com/Pit-Bull-Fighting-for-Life-after-Rattlesnake-Bite/2608986NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A pit bull is fighting for his life, after being bitten by a rattlesnake in the Bronx Tuesday.
Miguel Mota, the dog's owner, was walking the male pit bull, named "Stone," in a public park near the Bronx Zoo at Boston Road and Bronx Park East when the dog went into the [edited]es and yelped.
When he came out of the [edited]es, he was bleeding, and Mota rushed Stone to the Bronx Zoo - and then to several vet hospitals that couldn't deal with a snake bite until he got to the NYC Veterinary Specialists at 55th Street and 9th Avenue in Manhattan.
Dr. Ben Davidson diagnosed the wounds and bites from a rattlesnake, and immediately gave the dog anti-venom - in an effort to save its life.
The dog is still being treated - but will need much more anti-venom, something that is in very short supply in New York. Mota says he can't afford the $4,000 bill racked up so far, and so for now the doctors are paying out of their own pockets.
Mota says he knew it was a rattlesnake, because he saw one on the Discovery Channel, and it's still out there somewhere near the Bronx Zoo.
He says he fears if a child were to have been near the area and gotten bitten.
