A woman Gialousa village, who was recently treated in hospital after being attacked by a snake for the ninth time, has criticised conservationists seeking better protection for snakes.
The victim, who was identified in the Turkish Cypriot press as being 52-year-old Gialousa resident Gulsum Yinal, was treated in hospital for a snake bite for the ninth time.
Yinal was bitten on her right index finger while trying to clear her garden from weeds and wild shrubs. She was taken to the Famagusta public hospital where the bite was treated with anti-venom and she is currently out of danger.
She later told reporters that did not see the snake hiding in the weeds.
“I just tried to pick up the weed I had uprooted.”
Meanwhile, Yinal also hit out at conservationists who call for the protection of snakes following what she says is her ninth attack.
“Protect the snakes? Why, to have them eat us? They say not to kill them but they will be the death of me.”
According to conservationists, the snakes in most need of protection are the Cyprus Grass Snake which is nearing extinction in its natural habitat, and the Blunt Nosed Viper which is systematically slaughtered because of its potential danger to humans and animals.
There are ten species of snake that are known to live in Cyprus although there are reports of localised colonies of recent arrivals of snakes from the Middle East and North Africa that have come into Cyprus in shipping containers.
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