SINCE she was a young girl, Lynn Hosking-Moore has cared for animals of all shapes and sizes.

From helping injured birds as a five-year-old in England, to searching for snakes around her new backyard in Australia when she was eight years old, it’s no surprise Ms Hosking-Moore has continued to provide a home for wildlife throughout her life.

For over 20 years, Ms Hosking-Moore’s 70-acre property in Grassdale has been a haven for animals big and small, with everything from cats and dogs, to rats, echidnas, koalas, and even gang-gang cockatoos calling the property home.

It’s the property’s reptilian residents, venomous tiger snakes, however, that have brought Ms Hosking-Moore the most joy in recent times.

“I love them, I just love them,” she said.

“They were pretty active in January, February, and March - basically I’m just not seeing them at the moment.

“They don’t chase you; they don’t want to hurt people, they don’t eat people, they don’t eat cats, they don’t eat dogs, all they want to do is pick up mice and frogs, and that’s all they do.”

Ms Hosking-Moore said she would like people to remember that snakes are wildlife too and should be left alone.

“People should teach their kids to stay away from them, and if you need them removed, call a snake catcher and they will come and get rid of them,” she said.

“At my place, I can see five or six a day running around the garden, and they cause absolutely no trouble at all.”