The rub is that apparently the presence of this snake is a result of a human slipup to begin with. Maybe it's just an attempt to clean up after yourself, or maybe it's an attempt to stuff the genie back in the bottle. I feel like it would take a non-trivial depth of understanding to know which way this situation leans.

Don't worry. If something goes wrong, we've still got tons of other animals and pharmaceuticals we can air-drop.