Published 18:52 IST, September 5th 2020

Gujarat: 8-feet-long crocodile rescued from residential area in Vadodara

In an incident that created a panicky situation amongst the residents, an 8 feet long crocodile was spotted in Gujarat. The incident took place on September 4.

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An incident created a panicky situation amongst residents of Gujarat as an 8 feet long crocodile was spotted and n rescued by Wildlife Department. crocodile was rescued from Manjalpur area in Gujarat’s Vadodara district by Wildlife Department. incident took place on September 4 and has created a sense of fear. 

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Crocodile rescued in Vadodara

A resident named Akshay was quoted by ANI saying that “Every year, during rainy season crocodiles, are found here and many times y come into society too”. A Wildlife Department Official said “Our volunteers kw technical work. Such rescue of wildlife animal is kwn as technical rescue. se crocodiles enter into residential areas during a rainy day but people get to kw when water starts reducing. We will send it for medical check-up and after reports, it will be released”.  ANI took to its official Twitter handle and shared ims of rescued crocodile. caption read, “Gujarat: An 8-feet-long crocodile rescued from Manjalpur area in Vadodara, by Wildlife Department yesterday”.

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In a separate incident a five-foot-long python was spotted near Saket metro station in South Delhi and was later released safely into wild. According to ANI, incident happened on July 28, when reptile was ticed by a passerby who found it resting underneath a footbridge from a nearby culvert. incident immediately caused panic outside, Metro station gate 1. Following incident, Wildlife SOS and NGO, which rescues and rehabilitates wildlife in distress reached at spot. A team of two ‘trained’ rescuers with rescue equipment, extricated python from narrow underfoot over bridge. Rock python or Python molurus is a large, nvemous python species native to tropical and subtropical regions of  Indian subcontinent and Souast Asia.

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(Inputs from ANI)

(Im Credits: Twitter/ANI)

18:52 IST, September 5th 2020