Srinagar: An eight-foot-long python, which had captured a wild jackal, was successfully rescued by the wildlife protection team, police, and locals in the Nowshera area of Rajouri district on Tuesday, officials said.
Wildlife Warden Rajouri-Poonch, Nadeem Iqbal Mirza told KNO that they received information from locals about the presence of a huge snake. “Along with police teams, we launched a rescue operation and successfully rescued the python,” he said.
Mirza said it was an Indian Rock Python rescued in the village, measuring approximately 7–8 feet in length.
The warden said the python had hunted and swallowed a jackal. “The python was rescued and later released back into a protected forest area,” he added. (KNO)