Bharuch: Python kills chickens in coop; captured

Range Forest Officer said that the python was later released into its natural habitat

The reptile had taken four hens in its grip (Forest department)

A python that strayed into a poultry farm near Simodra in Jhagadia taluka of Bharuch district was rescued after a two-hour long operation by volunteers and handed over to the forest department, but not before it preyed on four hens in a coop.

The incident occurred on Thursday when the python made its way into the chicken coop and wrapped its coil around four hens even as the other fowl in the coop raised an alarm in panic, prompting the attendants to look inside.

Range Forest Officer, Jhagadiya, Meena Parmar told this newspaper, “Hearing the screeching sounds of the hens in the coop, the farm attendants arrived and were shocked to see the python had taken four birds in its grip… Immediately, they called the forest officers and along with volunteers of animal NGOs, they reached the spot to rescue the python…”

Parmar added that after a struggle of almost two hours, the python had been caught and released in its natural habitat.

“This is the first incident of a python straying into a poultry farm… It could have come in search of food as the heavy rainfall has caused reptiles to venture out of their territories. We have released the python in its natural habitat,” Parmar said,

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