The deadly incident immediately received national media coverage in the wake of the high casualties resulting from it.

All three are poisonous; potentially deadly incidents occur almost every year.

Rattlesnake envenomations account for 80% of the deadly incidents.

Efforts to tighten the law usually arise after deadly incidents like those described above.

Including this event, there were nine deadly incidents with more than 100 fatalities, while the total recorded number of casualties was 3,545 for the decade.