Cecil Villa who has volunteered for the past forty years as a snake processor poses in the skinning pit during the 51st Annual Sweetwater Texas Rattlesnake Round-Up March 13, 2009 in Sweetwater, Texas. During the three-day event approximately 240,000 pounds of rattlesnake will be collected, milked and served to support charity.


Cecil Villa who has volunteered for the past forty years as a snake processor poses in the skinning pit during the 51st Annual Sweetwater Texas Rattlesnake Round-Up March 13, 2009 in Sweetwater, Texas. During the three-day event approximately 240,000 pounds of rattlesnake will be collected, milked and served to support charity.


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