{"id":907145,"date":"2026-09-23T23:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T23:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/907145\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T23:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T23:10:13","slug":"with-continued-warm-weather-beware-of-rattlesnakes-warns-city-of-lethbridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/907145\/","title":{"rendered":"With continued warm weather, beware of rattlesnakes, warns City of Lethbridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/a8b59a79-9358-430b-956e-3a935033fd0c.jpg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image Credit: Environment &amp; Climate Change Canada)<\/p>\n<p>By Dave Lueneberg<\/p>\n<p>Environment<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tSep 23, 2026 | 11:33 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Although temperatures are\u00a0expected to cool slightly,\u00a0that doesn\u2019t mean we won\u2019t see prairie rattlesnakes in the River Valley in the short-term.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The City of Lethbridge is reminding hikers and runners to keep a close eye on our belly-slithering friends as they, too, prepare for winter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Many, the City says,\u00a0are still out on the trails and in the bushes in the Coulees and forests, with some even making their way into residential neighbourhoods.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Should you encounter a rattlesnake \u2013 remain calm and back away slowly and keep in mind rattlesnakes, like you, try to avoid contact.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Image Credit: Environment &amp; Climate Change Canada) By Dave Lueneberg Environment Sep 23, 2026 | 11:33 AM Although&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":907146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,323],"class_list":["post-907145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=907145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/907146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=907145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=907145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=907145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}