13-feet-long python rescued from Telangana’s Wanaparthy district

Naveen S Garewal

Tribune News Service

Hyderabad, October 8

A 13-feet-long python was rescued from a farm in Kothakota mandal of Wanaparthy district in Telangana and later released in the Nallamala forest.

The rescue operation was carried out by a team led by Cheerla Krishna Sagar, a police home guard.

Sources said the python was resting in a field after eating a stray dog behind a roadside hotel. It came to the notice of a farmer, who then informed the authorities.

In a statement to the media, the rescue team spokesperson said, “On receiving information, volunteers rushed to the spot and saw the python resting. The team had to struggle a lot before catching it… given that it is 15 years old and 13 feet long, it took four people to carry the rescue operation.”

So far five pythons have been caught in Srirangapur and Manajipet over a one-month period, owing to heavy rains and overflowing water bodies.

Sagar, who led the operation, has rescued nearly 2,000 venomous and nonvenomous snakes from different places.

His team also caught a crocodile weighing 180 kg in July at Srirangapuram Cheruvu, which they later released in the Krishna river.