An eight-foot long python was rescued from a mango orchard in Hetampura village near Vadodara district’s Kelanpur area on Monday, said sources. The reptile was later handed over to the Forest Department. Earlier, a video of the python swallowing a bird at the time of the rescue was also widely shared on social media platforms. According to volunteers of the Wildlife Rescue Trust, a call was received on Monday morning from Hetampura, seeking help as a python had slithered into the duck coop on a mango orchard in the village outskirts. The members of the trust reached the spot and found the python in the duck coop, attempting to swallow the duck that it had already preyed upon. Following an hour-long attempt, the volunteers managed to rescue the python from the orchard and hand it over to the Forest Department. Vadodara Range Forest Officer Karansinh Rajput told The Indian Express that the python has been kept under observation. Rajput said, “The python was rescued by the wildlife activists, who had got a call from the area residents. After getting information, a response team from the Forest Department was dispatched to rescue the reptile…” “The python has now been kept under observation. It will be released into its natural habitat in Vadodara district if no need for any treatment or intervention is found,” Rajput added.
