CANACONA
Amid the recent news of a 12-ft King Cobra being rescued from a farm at Amboli-Sattari, another eight-ft long King Cobra is rescued from a residential house at Welwada, Poinguinim in Canacona on Saturday.
The 8-ft King Cobra was noticed hidden inside the God's Room (Deva Kud) of the residential house of Putu Sudhir, when the inmates had taken up cleaning the room.
A snake catcher and forest department official Santosh rescued the King Cobra.
It was hiding inside the Deva Kud and nobody was aware when and how it came to take shelter there. However, when the residents were taking up the cleaning of the Deva Kud, they noticed the reptile curled within.
The residents than informed the local snake catcher Satish Poinginkar, who also informed forest officials and took the help of forest staff Santosh to rescue the reptile before taking it to safety.
