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Samir Umarye
BICHOLIM OCT 11: The Animal Rescue Squad on sunday caught a 13.8 feet
King cobra at Thane Sattari and today it was released in the forest of
the western ghats.
Speaking to Herald the chief of the Animal Rescue Squad (ARS), Amrut
Singh told that this is the eleventh King Cobra rescued by them from
Valpoi. The recent King cobra was found on Sunday at Pali Thane-
Sattari in the kulaghar belonging to one Santosh Soma Gaonkar. Gaonkar
was busy in cutting the bushes in his kulaghar when he suddenly spoted
the snake at about 11 am.
"At first he thought it would be a bamboo, but with a closer look he
came to know that it is a reptile" Amrut Singh told adding "he
immediately contacted us and we rescued the cobra."
"The king cobra was eating a monitor lizard when it was first spoted
by Gaonkar, it was half eaten since last three days and we had to
remove it first after catching the snake" he disclosed adding "today
in the presence of the media we released the cobra deep into the
forest."
