AGRA: Four python rescue operations in 24 hours, has surprised environmentalists in Agra. "It's amazing! Looks like the COVID-19 pandemic has been a blessing in disguise as far as Mother Nature is concerned," said Devashish Bhattacharya, reacting to the big catch.
For experts of the Wildlife SOS, it has come like a windfall, though not unexpected during the monsoons. With four back to back python rescues, the NGO has set a new record. All four snakes were kept under observation for few hours and later released back into the wild.
At midnight, the Wildlife SOS Rapid Response unit received a panic call about a six-foot-long python found wandering on the busy Agra-Fatehabad road near Tora village. The team rushed to the location and safely carried out the rescue operation.
In another incident, the NGO received an early morning emergency call about a five-foot-long python in the toilet of a house in Runakta. Following it up quickly, the Wildlife SOS rescue team rushed to the aid of a seven-foot-long python that was caught in a synthetic fishing net in Suphaera village located in FatehpurSikri.
It took the team nearly an hour to safely extricate the distressed reptile from the net and relieve it from the unfortunate situation.
The team also rescued a seven-foot-long python from agricultural land in Gadima village in Kirawali, Agra. (IANS)