Based in Fort Worth, Texas, Shaun Hayes serves as a wealth manager with McElhenny Sheffield Capital Management, providing personalized portfolio solutions designed to grow wealth. Passionate about reptiles, Shaun Hayes has extensive experience catching snakes in the wild and has provided uncommon Texas garter snakes, harmless to humans, to the Dallas Zoo for a high-profile breeding project.
As reported in the Houston Chronicle, the Dallas Zoo maintains a major antivenom supply in tandem with one of the country’s largest venomous snake collections. As snakes are not typically aggressive toward humans, the majority of snakebites involve people’s poor judgment in handling the reptiles. Hospitals commonly stock antivenom for the snakes native to their region, but issues arise when the bite culprit is a less common exotic variety.
The Dallas Zoo's curator of herpetology maintains an extensive stock of thousands of antivenom vials, which supplies the needs of patients spanning the Western United States, from California to Louisiana. Emergency supplies of antivenom are typically flown by plane or helicopter through police departments and private companies such as CareFlite. The price per vial, prior to hospital markup, is significant -- it can run from $200 a vial all the way up to $2,500.
As reported in the Houston Chronicle, the Dallas Zoo maintains a major antivenom supply in tandem with one of the country’s largest venomous snake collections. As snakes are not typically aggressive toward humans, the majority of snakebites involve people’s poor judgment in handling the reptiles. Hospitals commonly stock antivenom for the snakes native to their region, but issues arise when the bite culprit is a less common exotic variety.
The Dallas Zoo's curator of herpetology maintains an extensive stock of thousands of antivenom vials, which supplies the needs of patients spanning the Western United States, from California to Louisiana. Emergency supplies of antivenom are typically flown by plane or helicopter through police departments and private companies such as CareFlite. The price per vial, prior to hospital markup, is significant -- it can run from $200 a vial all the way up to $2,500.
