Are you implying that I, or others who have mentioned that the snake would be missing it's head under certain circumstances, are clueless about how the ecosystem works and don't respect wildlife?

I am tempted to comment that the way you worded that is rather like something one would read on a PETA or other greeny website... Or something a guy like Tim Treadwell would say, until he ended up as bear scat.

I have no problem respecting wildlife of all sorts. But if venomous snakes are in my garden, where my young children play, then the venomous snakes won't last for long. I seriously doubt that killng such a snake under such circumstances would endanger the species as a whole in any way.