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Watch: How A Highly Venomous Cobra Was Caught From Nashik

March 28, 2022
Bharat Times

A spectacled cobra was rescued from a well in Nashik, Maharashtra.

An Indian spectacled cobra was rescued from an abandoned well in Nashik, Maharashtra, where it was found in an exhausted state. Volunteers of a non-governmental wildlife research organization called Eco Eco Foundation got information about the snake on Saturday and rushed to the spot to save it.

Vaibhav Bhogle, a volunteer of Eco Eco Foundation, told news agency ANI in Hindi, “We got a call about a snake in a well.” “We don’t know how long the snake was in the abandoned well.

“When we reached the location, we saw that the snake was tired and had no energy. The well was full of water and it had no platform to rest,” Mr. Bhogle told ANI. He said that it was difficult for him and his team to go down the well to save the cobra, so they decided to use a rope to pull it.

Footage shared on Twitter showed how volunteers worked to pull the two-foot-long snake out of the well and eventually released it back into the wild. The video has garnered over 33,000 views, with many Twitter users praising the rescuers for undertaking a difficult and potentially dangerous job.

The snake was identified as a spectacled cobra – a highly venomous species. According to Mr. Bhogle, it is a member of the “Big Four” – the four venomous snakes responsible for most snakebites in India.

After being kept under observation for some time, the cobra was found in stable condition and it was released.

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