News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954), Wednesday 19 January 1949, page 13


Catches snakes as a hobby Sydney. — The week-end hobby of 19-year-old Rand-wick shop boy Kevin Budden is catching poisonous snakes. He has caught 59 in 12 months — and "been bitten only five times." Prompt treatment prevented serious consequences. Twenty-three snakes are be-hind wire in Budden's back yard. Most of the others have been sold at 4/ to 5/ a foot. Budden grabs the snakes by the tail and whips them into a sugarbag.