Person in history
Bill Haast
Bill Haast, American herpetologist and academic (born 1910)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2011 · June 15
Their story
Who they were
Bill Haast, American herpetologist and academic (born 1910)
Path and career
Later life Haast closed the Serpentarium in 1984, and moved to Utah for a few years. In 1990 he moved to Punta Gorda, Florida, with his snakes, where he established the Miami Serpentarium Laboratories. Haast's hands suffered venom-caused tissue damage, culminating in the loss of a finger following a bite from a Malayan pit viper in 2003. As a result of the damage, Haast gave up handling venomous snakes, and no longer kept any at his facility. [ 1 ]
Why this date
Bill Haast appears on our June 15 calendar for 2011 as a death entry.
Sources
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Questions about Bill Haast
When did Bill Haast die?
June 15 2011.
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