Interesting sidelight on wildlife attitudes.  I do not quite know what to make of it.   We met a man along our street (lane)  who was chivvying a rather handsome snake with a stick.   He was obviously not afraid of it, although one could not say the same about his dog, nor did he want to capture of kill it.  He simply wanted it off the street, so when he had manoeuvred it near a drain, it obliged and disappeared down it.   It was a lovely creature about 1.2m long in light grey green with a pinkish blush under the 'chin'. .
Either he is a devout Buddhist (do not kill) or knew it was harmless.   Very different from attitudes in Africa, at any rate.

Similarly, the other evening it rained and a toad took refuge under the 'carport' in our courtyard.  He was the size of a tennis ball (but then he had puffed himself up) and tiger's eye in colouration.  The landlord's daughter who was tending the plants at the time, found it amusing that we were interested in him at all.