Wendy Townsend : 4,000 pounds of snakes slaughtered at Jaycee Hall . Townsend : Finally , in the `` skinning pit , '' snakes are held down on a tree stump and decapitated with one or more machete blows . Snakes are sick , they suffocate ; they are in piles , tormented . She says she skin decapitated snakes ; then press bloody pictures on a wall . Townsend : Other fundraisers have changed and focus on celebrating snakes as an icon .
Wendy Townsend : 4,000 pounds of snakes slaughtered at Jaycee Hall . Townsend : Snakes are sick , they suffocate ; they are in piles , tormented . She says she skin decapitated snakes ; then press bloody pictures on a wall . Townsend : Other fundraisers have changed and focus on celebrating snakes as an icon .