Harry Coumnas Is a Famous Snake Hunter and Wildlife Conservationist

Harry Coumnas is a popular snake hunter who is known for his mission to save snakes from trafficking and entering into human inhabited areas. He is also a wildlife conservationist and a social worker preventing trafficking of endangered snakes as pets or for their skins or venom.

Harry has captured more than 100 king cobras, and has rescued more than 50000 stray snakes. During rescuing, Harry has been bitten more than 300 times by venomous snakes and has been bitten more than 2000 times by other ones. He has been on the ventilator thrice and seven times in the ICU, mainly because he doesn’t use any kind of safety equipment.

Harry is widely recognized for his work as a conservationist forrescuing and releasing endangered species of snakes, preservation of collected eggs until hatching periods, and creating awareness among people about snakes and their behavior. Harry Coumnas efforts to capture venomous snakes from human populated areas and to educate the people about snakes and their behavior have been widely acknowledged.

Harry Coumnas was offered a government job at National Snake Park but he refused taking up employment, saying he would be unable to help the society the way he wants to, if he gets employed. Harry has been awarded by the local and the National Wildlife Conservation Organization for his commitment towards the society.

Currently, Harry is working in the Amazon Rain Forests looking for endangered species of snakes and working on their breeding programs.