Rat snake caught in a brinjal field net is rescued and released in Alamdanga

A large rat snake caught in a net that a farmer had set around his brinjal field in Baliarpur, Nagdah union, Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga, to keep wild animals off his crop has been rescued unharmed and released into a suitable spot, Protidiner Sangbad reports.

Local sources said farmer Sajib found the snake tangled in his net at about 10 am on Tuesday (10 November). He told Hasanuzzaman Rigan of the Bangladesh Wildlife and Nature Initiative, and members of the group came in the afternoon and freed it.

Ahsan Habib Shiplu, the group's president and a lecturer in zoology at Boro Solua New Model Degree College, said the rat snake is non-venomous and a true friend to farmers that helps protect crops in the field. The habit of killing any snake on sight, he said, means the non-venomous snakes most common in Bangladesh die needlessly.

He said the group has worked for years to protect wildlife and continues awareness work on conserving snakes and other wild animals.

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Source: Protidiner Sangbad