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Activists bust myths about snakes
Activists bust myths about snakes. In spite of an extensive drive carried out against the practice of forcibly catching snakes and feeding milk, close to 30 snakes were rescued from different parts of the State by animal rights organisations on Naga Panchami festival on Wednesday.
HISSING DISPLEASURE
Nearly 50 snakes rescued on Naga Panchami
- Activists fan out to different districts of the State and conduct campaign against the ritual of feeding snakes with milk
- Rescued snakes to be relocated to different forests
- Activists work in tandem with forest officials to rescue snakes
Hyderabad: In spite of an extensive drive carried out against the practice of forcibly catching snakes and feeding milk, close to 30 snakes were rescued from different parts of the State by animal rights organisations on Naga Panchami festival on Wednesday.
About 150 volunteers from Friends of Snakes Society and other animal rights organisations in association with the Telangana Forest Department spread across the ten districts and conducted the drive.
By afternoon on Wednesday, about nine snakes were rescued in Hyderabad and 11 in Karimnagar. Avinash Viswanathan, secretary, Friends of Snakes Society said, “The rescued snakes would be rehabilitated and relocated to different forests after three weeks. The Nehru Zoological Park is providing veterinary assistance.”
Four teams worked closely with forest officers in each district and a few cases were booked. Mahesh Agarwal, general secretary, Bharatiya Prani Mitra Sangh said, “The number of snake charmers being caught has reduced but there is still need for awareness.
Awareness programmes were conducted in Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, Nalgonda, Mahbubnagar and Medak last month and 50 volunteers took part in the programme”, he said.
About eight snakes were rescued in Warangal. Explaining the cruelty meted out to snakes, Ramesh, an animal activist says, “Two to three weeks before the festival, snakes are caught and kept in bottles and baskets. On Naga Panchami they would be taken and paraded near temples and places of worship for people to feed them milk.”
Also, Sahayog Organisation jointly with Bharatiya Prani Mitra Sangh and other animal welfare organisations rescued 15 snakes from the clutches of snake charmers on Wednesday. The snakes include 12 spectacle cobras and three rat snakes.
